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Definition of Kukris
1. kukri [n] - See also: kukri
Lexicographical Neighbors of Kukris
Literary usage of Kukris
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Loyal Girl of Winchesterby George Crook, Henry Kyd Douglas, Philip Henry Sheridan, Theodore Weber Bean, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, John Page Nicholson by George Crook, Henry Kyd Douglas, Philip Henry Sheridan, Theodore Weber Bean, Rutherford Birchard Hayes, John Page Nicholson (1864)
"kukris-TOWN, PA., September 24, 1888. My Dear General Hayes: I herewith enclose
you copy of letter of Major Douglas, late of Gen. ..."
2. The Unveiling of Lhasa by Edmund Candler (1905)
"On several occasions they hesitated to soil their kukris when they could despatch
their victims in any other way. On a further ridge, a heart-breaking ..."
3. Introduction to the Study of Language: A Critical Survey of the History and by Berthold Delbrück (1882)
"B. The mode-stems. JOHANNES SCHMIDT has demonstrated (v. kukris Zeitschrift, 24.
page 303 seq.) that the sign of the optative ..."
4. A Statistical Account of Bengal by William Wilson Hunter (1876)
"This operation is repeated two or three times before the iron is finally worked
up into kukris, etc., which are tempered by heating and plunging into water. ..."
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