dirk
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The Russian leader was also said to have given Mr Kim a tea set and an admiral’s dirk – a dagger.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
Prosecutors noted that the knife doesn’t qualify as a dirk or dagger under state law because it was a folding knife in a retracted position.
From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2022
Around his waist was a broad black and silver sash from which hung a red leather holster and a golden dirk of honor.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Kremlin armory Nehru lingered over a small dirk of Indian craftsmanship, once owned by Peter the Great.
From Time Magazine Archive
From a different wagon came the steady rhythmic scrape of steel on stone as Yoren sat, chewing sourleaf and sharpening the edge of his dirk.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
