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
Inside their clothing each tucked a sharp-edged creese, also a loaded service revolver.
From Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines or, Following the Flag against the Moros by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
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
I saw a Malay creese on the mantel-piece and hid it behind a picture-frame.
From Peter Ibbetson by Du Maurier, George
