cutlas

Example Sentences

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"Your cutlas did it at the pilot-house, sir."

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod

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

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

From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur

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

"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 Dingle, Aylward Edward