Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete or dialectal form of bayonet.

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Examples

  • "Stick him with yer bagonet, Pelatiah," ordered the sergeant, motioning toward the squire, who, still sitting in the doorway, very effectually blocked the way.

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

  • "'T is mighty fine fer the ginral ter say in the ginral orders that he wants us if attacked ter rely on the bagonet," spoke up one of the murmurers loud enough to make it evident that he intended the officer to overhear him; "but no troops kin fight on a shred o 'salt pork and a mouthful of collards."

    Janice Meredith Paul Leicester Ford 1883

  • I fancy that this bagonet is impossible as a corruption of bayonet, and that it points to some other derivation of that word than the doubtful one from

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

  • I'd fit red-coats, in the war of eighteen-twelve, and lost my leg by one of 'em stickin 'his dog-on'd bagonet right through it, that night at Lundy's Lane; but my messmate killed him though which is a satisfaction to think on.

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

  • I'd fit red-coats, in the war of eighteen-twelve, and lost my leg by one of 'em stickin 'his dog-on'd bagonet right through it, that night at Lundy's Lane; but my messmate killed him though which is a satisfaction to think on.

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Edward Eggleston 1869

  • Set's face foret, and say "quick mairch," an 'he'll ca his bagonet throu auld Hornie.

    Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864

  • "De sodgers put de bagonet frou your crop like a knife frou a pullet's froat!"

    Stand By The Union Oliver Optic 1859

  • So we take de island, and no one hurt except one man scratch anoder's nose wid his bagonet, and make blood come.

    Captain Mugford Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

  • [Footnote 28: This form, bagonet, is not in the vocabularies, but it was spoken as I have written it.

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster Eggleston, Edward, 1837-1902 1871

  • I fancy that this _bagonet_ is impossible as a corruption of _bayonet_, and that it points to some other derivation of that word than the doubtful one from _Bayonne_.]

    The Hoosier Schoolmaster A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana Edward Eggleston 1869

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