rapier
noun
a small sword, especially of the 18th century, having a narrow blade and used for thrusting.
rapier-like
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a word derived from
rapier.
Example Sentences
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But for his rapier-like ability to capture the zeitgeist, there’s no one quite like the young slumlord to tell it like it really is.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 31, 2020
Tomic looks a little more encouraged during the next rally but he’s put in his place by a rapier-like backhand across court, and when he goes long on the next one it’s 30-15.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 20, 2015
Is the Blues rapier-like attack nothing but a memory now?
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2011
When your writer suggests that Polish humor is "never rapier-like at best," I think he fails to distinguish between jokes by this spirited people and jokes about them.
From Time Magazine Archive
All of them wore colored headbands, all carried short, rapier-like swords.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
