assagai
Americannoun
plural
assagais, assagaied, assagaiingnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Mr Pringle had just fired his rifle, and was reloading when the assagai struck him.
From Six Months at the Cape by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
I don’t think he would use his assagai except in an emergency.”
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
“Are you killed?” asked the comrade, turning to Pringle and glancing at the bent assagai.
From Six Months at the Cape by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
I whispered, turning to him where he squatted with assagai in hand and his shield spread across his knees.
From Charge! A Story of Briton and Boer by Fenn, George Manville
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