simitar
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Then he gave them a sign to invest his son, Jahangir, with his turban and robes, and to gird him with his favorite simitar.
From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis
Then turn over, and you will find it simitar, with the same definition, and the remark, "more properly cimetar."
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by Balch, William Stevens
Now men," said he, crisply, as he flung down the pit his simitar which could have no further use, "this may be the final chapter.
From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan
A brace of old French dueling pistols and a Turkish simitar were the only articles which might possibly have been dutiable.
From Man on the Box by MacGrath, Harold
He stooped, lamp in one hand, simitar in the other, and in a most cramped posture entered the passage.
From The Flying Legion by England, George Allan
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