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Definition of Stilettoes
1. stiletto [v] - See also: stiletto
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stilettoes
Literary usage of Stilettoes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"... a swell-cracksman may look like when he has the means and taste to dress
himself in fashionable clothes. stilettoes AND KNIVES TAKEN FROM CRIMINALS. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"The stilettoes manufactured here are held in great esteem by the Italians.
In 1745 Bastia was taken by the British, and in 1768 was united with France. ..."
3. Graham's Magazine by George R. Graham, Edgar Allan Poe (1842)
"This proclamation made, dice were produced, and De Nevers winning the throw for
Armand, the rapiers and stilettoes which he had seK-'cted were produced, ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1863)
"Its volume ia enormous, its length considerable; the other metacarpal bones are
reduced to two thin stilettoes worn to a point and without use. ..."
5. The history of Napoleon by Richard Henry Horne (1841)
"... who are armed with stilettoes, and who surround the tribune, threatening their
colleagues with death, and maintaining most atrocious discussions! ..."
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