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Definition of Claymores
1. claymore [n] - See also: claymore
Lexicographical Neighbors of Claymores
Literary usage of Claymores
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Cyclopaedia of British and American Poetry edited by Epes Sargent (1882)
"Lowland and Highland men, Bald sire to beardless son, each come, and early ;
Rise, rise ! main-laud and island men, Belt on your broad claymores—fight for ..."
2. Landmines: A Deadly Legacy by Arms Project (Human Rights Watch), Physicians for Human Rights (U.S.) (1993)
"An Arms Project field researcher's report indicates that both US and South
African-origin claymores have been used in Mozambique.96 claymores remain an ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1907)
"great work among the English soldiery with their claymores and dirks ; and then came
... Well, after a time their tartans and claymores were put away, ..."
4. Landmine Monitor Report 1999: Toward a Mine-free World by International Campaign to Ban Land Mines (1999)
"However, only command-detonated claymores are produced in Austria. ...
The firm "Dynamit Nobel Graz" produces claymores and exports them to members of NATO. ..."
5. "My Gun Was As Tall As Me": Child Soldiers in Burma by Kevin Heppner, Jo Becker, Human Rights Watch (Organization) (2002)
"When the Burmese came they pulled the tripwires and the claymores exploded.
When the claymores exploded it shocked me. Then my friends stood and started ..."
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