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creese
noun 1verb 1name 1
Collocations
2CREESE + NOUN
sailor's
PREP.
from
Definitions
noun
1
Archaic form of kris.
‘[S]hould any of the men discover you, certainly you will have one of their creeses up to the hilt in your guts.’
[…] near it is a cluster of weapons of villanous aspect, comprising every thing from a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife or a Smith & Wesson revolver.
verb
1
Archaic form of kris.
Attributing this to accident, or some impropriety of conduct on the part of the sailor, he went to enquire personally into the affair; but had no sooner approached the head Boorghese, than the fellow creesed him also, and he fell dead at his feet.
name
1
A surname.
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‘[S]hould any of the men discover you, certainly you will have one of their creeses up to the hilt in your guts.’
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[…] near it is a cluster of weapons of villanous aspect, comprising every thing from a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife or a Smith & Wesson revolver.
Wiktionary03
Attributing this to accident, or some impropriety of conduct on the part of the sailor, he went to enquire personally into the affair; but had no sooner approached the head Boorghese, than the fellow
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