stiletto

• At these cruel words, the falsehood of which she had no means of knowing, poor Eliza turned deadly pale, alarmed more for her lover than herself, and the stiletto was just dropping from her hand, when Montgomery, pushing open the door, which stood ajar, himself entered the room. —  The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive
• If Butler was like a stiletto, needle-pointed and polished, then this man was scarred and heavy as some ancient broadsword. —  Dickson, Gordon - Childe Cycle 02 Necromancer
• She enjoys punching holes in paper with the stiletto, and I supposed it was because she could examine the result of her work; but we watched her one day, and I was much surprised to find that she imagined she was writing a letter. —  Story of My Life
• An early manifestation of the first of these was seen when, on regaining consciousness, he called for the stiletto which had been drawn from the main wound and, running his fingers along the blade, said cheerily to his friends, "It is not filed." —  Autobiography of Andrew Dickson White, V2
• Cynthia Rowley's show yesterday seemed to be designed as some kind of stiletto-heeled assault course for spectators: only the very pure of heart could reach their seats up the top of a rickety staircase and old wooden bleachers. —  Life and style | guardian.co.uk

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