hari-kari

[ hahr-ee-kahr-ee, har-ee-kar-ee ]

/ ˈhɑr iˈkɑr i, ˈhær iˈkær i /

noun

hara-kiri.

Words nearby hari-kari

harewood house, harfleur, hargeisa, hargreaves, hari rud, hari-kari, hariana, haricot, haricot vert, haridwar, harijan

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Examples from the Web for hari-kari

Since that I arrivee here much peoples aska me about hari-kari.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870|Various
The Hari-kari, or happy dispatch, is still more incomprehensible.
Ten Thousand Wonderful Things|Edmund Fillingham King
I say him, "No be 'fended," and proposee him hari-kari for--how you call--satisfaction.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 17, July 23, 1870|Various
And it does no good to tell her that hari-kari is a Japanese or Chinese trick.
Set in Silver|Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for hari-kari

hari-kari

/ (ˌhærɪˈkɑːrɪ) /

noun

a non-Japanese variant of hara-kiri

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