creese
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.
From Time Magazine Archive
The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like lightning the Army boy reached for the creese, and the finish of that general movement found Sergeant Hal Overton sitting up and aiming a desperate slash at the cord about his ankles.
From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
I saw a Malay creese on the mantel-piece and hid it behind a picture-frame.
From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George
In days gone by the youth Boorhán had been saved under the creese by the son of Yemen, and gratitude, rarely found in the savage, now paid her outstanding debt.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
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