cutlas

Example Sentences

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"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

"Your cutlas did it at the pilot-house, sir."

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

Then with his cutlas he struck a spark and ignited his threads, carefully nursing the tiny flame until he could find a dry stick.

From The Pirate Woman by Dingle, Aylward Edward

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

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