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

Like lightning the Army boy reached for the creese, and the finish of that general movement found Sergeant Hal Overton sitting up and aiming a desperate slash at the cord about his ankles.

From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)

I rushed to the picture where I had hidden the creese, and threw it on the table.

From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George

Sicto considered: “If the creese falls without sticking into the ground, I shall choose my route first.”

From The Adventures of Piang the Moro Jungle Boy A Book for Young and Old by Stuart, Florence Partello