cutlas
Example Sentences
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"His arm's just as good as a new wooden one, and his repartee is as sharp as the cutlas that broke the skin on it."
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by William MacLeod Raine
Then with his cutlas he struck a spark and ignited his threads, carefully nursing the tiny flame until he could find a dry stick.
From The Pirate Woman by Aylward Edward Dingle
Crest: an arm, embowed, in armour, holding a cutlas, all proper.
From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 91, July 26, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
"Hot work," said the Englishman coolly, putting down his rifle and taking up a revolver and a cutlas.
From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by William MacLeod Raine
"Whet your tusks, lads, here's the blessed manna!" squealed Caliban, a hunchbacked terror, who kept his maimed carcass secure by virtue of his viperish temper, coupled with an uncanny skill of the cutlas.
From The Pirate Woman by Aylward Edward Dingle
