hubris
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They went on to serve the crown in Southeast Asia, Afghanistan, China, the Falklands and elsewhere, sometimes fighting with traditional curved knives called kukris.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2015
They went up Djebel Fatnassa with their wicked kukris, long curved blades sharpened on the inner edge, at the ready.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now and then they would stop sharpening their deadly-looking kukris, their dearest possession, to allow us to pass along the trench.
From Three years in France with the Guns: Being Episodes in the life of a Field Battery by Rose, C. A.
With curved kukris and straight dahs the sepoys fell to work on the thick scrub and tangle of thorny bushes.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon
The rest of the detachment piled arms, drew their kukris and proceeded to clear the jungle.
From Life in an Indian Outpost by Casserly, Gordon
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