Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a sickle.

Etymologies

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sickle +‎ -like

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Examples

  • One arm-mounted ceramic blade shot out a meter and with a single low, sicklelike swipe tried to reduce him in height by half a dozen centimeters.

    Flinx's Folly Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2003

  • Conan snapped the point of the sicklelike weapon down hard, and buried the tip in the panther's foreleg.

    Conan the Fearless Perry, Steve 1986

  • Barbs protruded from the sicklelike cutting edges.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • Barbs protruded from the sicklelike cutting edges.

    The Moment Of The Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • Barbs protruded from the sicklelike cutting edges.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

  • Barbs protruded from the sicklelike cutting edges.

    The Moment of the Magician Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1984

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