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Definition of Tulwars
1. tulwar [n] - See also: tulwar
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tulwars
Literary usage of Tulwars
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Prince of Wales in India by J. Drew Gay (1877)
"But their parti-coloured petticoats, their boots, their blankets, their spears,
their shields, and their tulwars all belong to his Highness the Maharajah, ..."
2. The Punjab and Delhi in 1857: Being a Narrative of the Measures by which the by John Cave-Browne (1861)
"... just below water-mark, were found a row of tulwars, buried up to the hilt, so
as to be completely out of sight, yet within easy reach when required. ..."
3. The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China by George Dodd (1859)
"With bodies bent and heads low, waving their tulwars with a circular motion in
the au-, they came on with astonishing rapidity. At first they were mistaken ..."
4. The Asiatic Journal and Monthly Miscellany (1827)
"... trusting to their tulwars, fell upon him en masse and cut him to pieces.
Such was the result of our first day's amusement ; when our further sport, ..."
5. From Pall Mall to the Punjaub Or with the Prince in India by J. Drew Gay (1876)
"In their hands are long javelins, at their sides curved swords, called tulwars,
while from their waistbelts hang pistols of the good old pattern prized in ..."
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