kris

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Next to his Koran the kris is the most sacred thing the Malay possesses.

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  • Anyone in the path of the person running amok, it was said, was likely to be sliced and diced with a particularly nasty native sword known as a kris . —  The Word Detective
  • At the junction of Lanang and Agdao, the golden kris, which is a Moro weapon, stands on its hilt. —  Davao Today
  • I'm guessing kris is not a lover of ambiguity. kris, —  FlickFilosopher.com
  • Heather: What are they putting in the top of the Warwick Mall before and above Target? kris-alyx devereux: there was in the just ended arc in garth ennis's the boys called i tell you no lie G.I. in that ... —  Labelscar: The Retail History Blog
  • Did they not ban Victoria's Secret, or was that on the hit list, too? kris-alyx devereux said, on August 24th, 2008 at 3: 58 pm hm i remember going to one of those malls i was the ZCMI center but i did not know that the ZCMI was founded by the church itself —  Labelscar: The Retail History Blog
 

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/kris, krɪs/
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