creese
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
Colonel Ishimoto, without asking permission, drew out the creese and waved it about.
From Time Magazine Archive
"But—well, you have no creese, and you are not wild, nor—nor fierce, nor cruel."
From Nautilus by Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe
I went to the encyclopædia and found that the name of the knife was spelled kris and pronounced creese.
From Tales of the Malayan Coast From Penang to the Philippines by Wildman, Rounsevelle
He carried with him the creese which Brandon had given him.
From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James
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