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poniard

noun as in dagger

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Already her hand approached the poniard on the table, when suddenly her ear caught an unusual noise in the turret.

It suddenly occurred to the soldier that to kill this savage princess with one blow he must poniard her in the throat.

But this comes of old fashions, and of wearing a long Liddesdale whinger instead of a poniard of Parma.

She had been protected by some (p. 140) portions of her dress which had turned the poniard aside.

Sometimes she presented the poniard to one person's breast, sometimes to another's, and oftentimes seemed to strike her own.

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On this page you'll find 13 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to poniard, such as: bayonet, blade, sword, bodkin, cutlass, and dirk.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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