cold steel

noun

Cold steel jaws of handcuffs closed on Black Hood's right wrist.

Talk of “guns” and “cold steel” replaced arguments based upon economic conditions and the stringency of the “bonds of Empire.”

By Eimund aided, chief of men, he Sigtrygg slew with the cold steel.

The touch of the cold steel was like a tonic; heart and blood responded immediately.

He was apparently of the type of those Moslems who are ready to rush upon cold steel in order to attain a sensual Paradise.

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