cutlas

Example Sentences

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Thrusting the cutlas beneath his belt, he clutched a handful of the black dust.

From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur

"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 Raine, William MacLeod

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

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

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