Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
cutlas .
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Examples
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Reginald attacked the second man, who was advancing towards him; while Dick Thuddichum, with a heavy sword which he called his "cutlash," set upon the third.
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He surrendered his armor, one gun and bayonet, a large cutlash cutlass and brass fender, one box over the shoulder with twenty-two rounds, one box round the waist with eighteen rounds.
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He surrendered his armor, one gun and bayonet, a large cutlash cutlass and brass fender, one box over the shoulder with twenty-two rounds, one box round the waist with eighteen rounds.
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As early as the reign of Anne he went armed with the "Queen's broad cutlash," and for most gangs, certainly for all called upon to operate in rough neighbourhoods, the hanger remained the stock weapon throughout the century.
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"You savvy I tell you, Mass 'Tom, I'se come back from de hill 'fore Pomp get him cutlash to cut um guinea-grass, hey?"
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I'se spec, railly for true, um go dere in brace of shakes, an 'back' gain hyar 'fore dat lazy ole niggah Pomp fetch him cutlash out o 'stable an' go in bush to cut him guinea-grass for de hosses.
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Why, some on us can remember way back to the days of the 'Panther,' when you wa'n't knee-high to a cutlash.
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"I suppose you didn't happen to think of slippin 'a cutlash, or a pair of pistols, or anything into the boat for me, sir?" he continued.
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"Ay, I got one too, my lad; and I didn't like to use my cutlash."
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They aren't half such a nice honest weapon as a cutlash.
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