cutlas

Example Sentences

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Dolores, agile as a panther, reached the pirate with her cutlas pointed, and the steel hilt rang against his breast-bone.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

On the wall still hung the mate of the cutlas he had used to free Vilma; he wrenched it down and ran out into the corridor.

From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur

As to this matter, the señor showed him a short, straight, wide-bladed sort of cutlas, which he called a machete.

From Ahead of the Army by Emerson, C. Chase

They hurried through the corridors toward the stairway, with Cliff holding the cutlas in readiness.

From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur

"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 Raine, William MacLeod