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- noun Alternative spelling of
jambiya .
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Examples
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Dressed in a white Yemeni robe, turban and with a traditional jambiyah dagger tucked into his waistband, Anwar Al-Awlaki used the 45-minute video posted Sunday to justify civilian deaths – and encourage them – by accusing the United States of intentionally killing a million Muslim civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Anwar Al Awlaki, Yemeni Cleric, Advocates Killing Americans In Al Qaeda Video 2010
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Dressed in a white Yemeni robe, turban and with a traditional jambiyah dagger tucked into his waistband, Anwar Al-Awlaki used the 45-minute video posted Sunday to justify civilian deaths – and encourage them – by accusing the United States of intentionally killing a million Muslim civilians in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Anwar Al Awlaki, Yemeni Cleric, Advocates Killing Americans In Al Qaeda Video 2010
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They grew their beards long and jammed curved jambiyah knives into leather bandoliers.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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They grew their beards long and jammed curved jambiyah knives into leather bandoliers.
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate Kai Bird 2010
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Omar had cast aside his gun and, armed with a keen _jambiyah_, had engaged two tall, muscular Arabs, both of whom he succeeded in hurling from the path, gashed and bleeding, to instant death.
The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895
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