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  • Tavarre™s lieutenant, a massive, balding man-at-arms named Vedro, was on him in an instant, pointing a short-hafted spear at the man™s throat.

    Chosen Of The Gods Pierson, Chris 2001

  • But when the second Slaver came close to the tipped corner and began prodding through the bars with a short-hafted spear, they sorted themselves out right away.

    Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • But when the second Slaver came close to the tipped corner and began prodding through the bars with a short-hafted spear, they sorted themselves out right away.

    Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993

  • Each carried a sheaf of javelins across his back; a short-hafted, long-bladed spear in his right hand; and a shield of some white and black striped hide upon his left arm.

    Shadow Games Cook, Glen 1989

  • In one hand Jake held a short-hafted whip with a rawhide thong, the point of which he could put through a dog's coat from ten paces distant.

    Jan A Dog and a Romance 1912

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