assagai
Americannoun
PLURAL
assagais, assagaied, assagaiingnoun
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Collect a good lot of assegais and other useful props.
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They say that there are altogether three thousand muskets, six million rounds of ball cartridge, and half-a-million assegais in the hands of the natives.
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The women appeal plaintively to the men, who slowly withdraw, stamping on the ground and darting their short spears or assegais towards the sky.
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The savages were in full war costume and made a splendid picture as they marched, the sun reflecting from their black shoulders and assegais.
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The shields and assegais are flourished in the air while the demon-like warriors dance and yell in preparation for battle.
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