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
Another antiquated law unearthed by John Davis provides a $100 minimum fine for anyone who carries a "pistol, dirk, dagger, slingshot, handchain, night stick, sword cane, spear or bowie knife."
From Time Magazine Archive
Author Bullen was firstmate of many a sperm-whale Mutinies, dirk play and shipwreck engross the Cachalot's log around the world.*
From Time Magazine Archive
Drawing the dirk, he tested its edge with his thumb, pulled a whetstone from his belt pouch, and gave it a few licks.
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.
