assegai
Example Sentences
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They have brought with them a traditional Zulu assegai spear and a British boot plate, which was found on the battlefield, for the museum.
From BBC
The old man was a famous ingcibi, a circumcision expert, from Gcalekaland, who would use his assegai to change us from boys to men with a single blow.
From Literature
Many of the natives were shot or cut down, while several of the burghers received assegai wounds.
From Project Gutenberg
Their knob-kerries were held at the ready, their shields across their bodies, and each had shifted his assegai to the position used in battle.
From Project Gutenberg
His giraffe hide sandals, not needed till the thorns were traversed, and his little skin cloak, neatly folded, were fastened to one end of his assegai.
From Project Gutenberg
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
