creese
Example Sentences
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Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.
From Time Magazine Archive
The creese is more than a sword to the Javanese; it is a sacred symbol, and if it is drawn rashly and without preliminary invocations, Javanese believe that misfortune overtakes the rash drawer.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had caught up an old Malay creese that lay in a corner, and was now making for the door, at which half a dozen domestics were by this time gathered.
From The Portent & Other Stories by MacDonald, George
He drew forth a creese, and holding it up saw this name cut upon the handle: "JOHN POTTS."
From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James
He carried with him the creese which Brandon had given him.
From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James
