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assagai

[ as-uh-gahy ]

noun

assagaied assagaiingplural: assagais
  1. a variant of assegai.


assagai

/ ˈæ²õəˌɡ²¹Éª /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of assegai
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These weapons, assegais, which are spears, and knobkerries, wooden sticks with a heavy wooden head, are actual weapons with which Inkatha members killed ANC members.

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Collect a good lot of assegais and other useful props.

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They say that there are altogether three thousand muskets, six million rounds of ball cartridge, and half-a-million assegais in the hands of the natives.

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The women appeal plaintively to the men, who slowly withdraw, stamping on the ground and darting their short spears or assegais towards the sky.

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The savages were in full war costume and made a splendid picture as they marched, the sun reflecting from their black shoulders and assegais.

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