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In Search of Lost Time [volume 1] vocabulary
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kris
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Definition:a dagger with a wavy blade, from Malay or Indonesia
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'Will you not buy something from me to-day, sir? Here is a Malay kreese with a blade undulating like flame. Look at those grooves contrived for the blood to run along, those teeth set backward so as to tear out the entrails in withdrawing the weapon.
Théophile Gautier. The Mummy's Foot
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Intermingled with each other, they crossed their swords, their krisses and stanchions, taking on a resemblance to a green pile of arms, above which, like barbaric penons, floated flowers with hard dazzling colours.
Joris-Karl Huysmans. À Rebours
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I would willingly reintroduce to society the opium pipe of China or the Malayan kriss,
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 1]
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