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- noun Plural form of
simitar .
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Examples
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"Space being made, presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold; hats on their heads of crimson velvet, with great rolls of gold, girded with two swords, called simitars, hanging by great bawdricks of gold.
The Prince and the Pauper; a tale for young people of all ages 1882
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Before long he noticed a dark spot ahead of him which proved to be a large body of fierce looking men, riding upon dromedaries and slender, spirited horses and armed with long rifles and crookedly shaped simitars.
The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity 1887
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Their usual courage forsook them, and they ran, terrified, in every direction, only to be cut down by the revengeful Turkish simitars.
The Master Key, an Electrical Fairy Tale Founded Upon the Mysteries of Electricity 1887
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