assagai
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Impersonal, implacable, patient, he waits the consummation of justice, knowing his thought will eventually bring his enemy within range of his assagai which he has learned to hurl with his feet.
From Time Magazine Archive
Opening his eyes again, he beheld a sturdy Bushman gazing at him in open-mouthed surprise, with an uplifted assagai in his hand.
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Doppie over there, and Doppie over there,” he said, pointing in opposite directions with his assagai.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
“You should be ver’ glad de assagai did not stick you in de neck like von zow.—Is zat rain vich I feels in ze back of mine head?”
From The Settler and the Savage by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
“Dah!” he said, pointing behind him with the dangerous-looking assagai he carried.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
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