cutlas

Example Sentences

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As to this matter, the señor showed him a short, straight, wide-bladed sort of cutlas, which he called a machete.

From Ahead of the Army by Emerson, C. Chase

"Hot work," said the Englishman coolly, putting down his rifle and taking up a revolver and a cutlas.

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod

"His arm's just as good as a new wooden one, and his repartee is as sharp as the cutlas that broke the skin on it."

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod

On the wall still hung the mate of the cutlas he had used to free Vilma; he wrenched it down and ran out into the corridor.

From Isle of the Undead by Eshbach, Lloyd Arthur

Catching up a cutlas I followed him into the open.

From The Pirate of Panama A Tale of the Fight for Buried Treasure by Raine, William MacLeod