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smallsword
[ smawl-sawrd, -sohrd ]
smallsword
/ ˈ²õ³¾É”˱ôËŒ²õɔ˻å /
noun
- a light sword used in the 17th and 18th centuries: formerly a fencing weapon
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of smallsword1
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Example Sentences
One felt that the delivery of a hat, smallsword, cane, or message possessed at least the dignity, the entire absence of all worldly considerations that belong to the Sunday alms.
Finally he made him proficient in the polite use of the smallsword and the dice-box.
Bundesrath. switch, v. whip, flog; shunt, shift. swollen, a. tumid, tumefied, bloated, purled up. sword, n. rapier, saber, scimiter, brand, curtana, claymore, smallsword, glaive, broadsword, cutlass, Damascus blade, spadroon, creese.
Fine words, worthy of history's record, with only the blemish that they were addressed to little scamps not higher than their boot-boxes, and who were quite incapable of holding a smallsword.
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