matchet
Britishnoun
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When the cane is ripe, they proceed to the field, each armed with a matchet.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 561, October 2, 1886 by Various
Broad folds of white cotton hung over one shoulder, and, drooping to the knee, were belted at the waist by a band from which a matchet hung.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
Amadu laughed mirthlessly, and fingering the hilt of the straight blade glanced at Monday, whose face was very grim, and the little negro, Bad Dollar, crouching close by with a polished matchet in his hand.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
Ormsgill, pressing onwards with them, saw that he had now a matchet in his hand, though he had no recollection of how it came there.
From Long Odds by Harold Bindloss
Big eyes glistened, black thumbs were run along twinkling matchet blades, and Dane distinguished ominous cries.
From The League of the Leopard by Harold Bindloss
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