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  • He usually wore a pair of ivory-hilted and silver-mounted pistols thrust into a richly embroidered sash.

    THE AMERICAN WEST DEE BROWN 2007

  • An ivory-hilted sword was thrust through that sash, she noted with disdain, as well as two curved daggers to match.

    A Crown of Swords Jordan, Robert, 1948- 1996

  • The Prince had drawn his ivory-hilted sabre which he now waved above his head as a signal for the two lines to quicken into a trot.

    Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 1990

  • A burly bargee in a mail jacket, with a bandolier of ivory-hilted knives round his hips, jumps on the dais, and they fell silent.

    Flashman and the Mountain of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • A burly bargee in a mail jacket, with a bandolier of ivory-hilted knives round his hips, jumps on the dais, and they fell silent.

    Flashman And The Mountain Of Light Fraser, George MacDonald, 1925- 1990

  • Louisa was trying to prise a small ivory-hilted pistol from its snug-fitting case.

    Sharpe's Rifles Cornwell, Bernard 1988

  • A green cloak folded round him; a brooch of gold over his arm; hair curly and yellow: an ivory-hilted sword with a hilt of ivory at his left.

    Táin Bó Cúalnge. English L. Winifred Faraday

  • Then after a little while she came back, bringing with her Theseus's great ivory-hilted sword.

    The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

  • And to Jason he gave an ivory-hilted and golden-cased sword, and on each of the voyagers he bestowed a rich gift, not forgetting the heroes who had remained on the Argo, Heracles and Tiphys.

    The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles Padraic Colum 1926

  • And to Jason he gave an ivory-hilted and gold-encased sword, and on each of the voyagers he bestowed a rich gift, not forgetting the heroes who had remained on the Argo, Heracles and Tiphys.

    Part I. The Voyage to Colchis. Chapter VIII. King Phineus’s Counsel; the Landing in Lemnos 1921

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