cutlass
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The Pirates are using a cutlass — think sword — for their celebration.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2023
Dyson was a slight man, all sinew and veins, with a cutlass of a nose and deep-set, watchful eyes.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 28, 2020
There are naval chase scenes and booming cannons, and more visual effects than you can shake a cutlass at, including one scene that resembles the parting of the Red Sea in “The Ten Commandments.”
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2017
In case you couldn’t tell, the game is pirate-themed, based on our central Assassin hero wielding a cutlass and dual pistols with a black skull-adorned flag behind him.
From Forbes ● Feb. 28, 2013
I spent restless minutes swinging the cutlass with all my might at trees that he would cut with one strike.
From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah
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