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  • But he fears sharp swords, so the long swordshaped blades of the sweet flag are gathered from the edges of rivers and the sides of swampy rice-fields, and used as decorations.

    Peeps at Many Lands: Japan John Finnemore

  • For men, I like the Malte collection, with sweeping swordshaped hands and a Maltese cross on the face.

    Quazen 2009

  • Ruskin writes: "Gather a single blade of grass and examine for a minute, quietly, its narrow swordshaped strip of fluted green.

    Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Charles Herbert Sylvester

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