matchet
Britishnoun
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In any case, they were coming up the stairway, three or four of them, and now the first man carried a matchet, an instrument which resembles an old-fashioned cutlass.
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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.
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The highest levels, only a few feet above water, are grown with a dense bush that wants the matchet.
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When the cane is ripe, they proceed to the field, each armed with a matchet.
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Not many swords are made in Birmingham at the present time, unless matchets and case knives used in the plantations can be included under that head.
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