Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Invisible weapons might include: a six-inch lady's hatpin, or a wrist knife strapped to the wrist with the hilt downwards; a knife hung around the neck; a small revolver held up the sleeve by rubber bands; a stiletto with a nine-inch blade. Other useful weapons : a hammer, cheese-cutters (wires with wooden handles, handy for garroting) ; a handkerchief with a fistful of sand in it. Besides blankets, extra socks, binoculars, rifles, burnt cork to blacken the face, etc., an important part of the equipment is 25 to 30 yards of fishline. This has many uses...
Visibly weakening in the third bout, Rottjer managed to nip Damonte's shoulder, then gritted his teeth as Damonte's blade cut deep into his own right wrist...
Purse. In Newcastle, Ind., a woman reported to police the loss of her purse, containing: two watches, four rings, two automatic pencils, one fountain pen, several pins, a social-security card, a driver's license, two books, an American flag, one pearl-handled knife, one sliding-blade knife, one flashlight...
...Many of them carry "switch-blade" knives-a knife with a long, wicked blade released by a spring-button. School principals often call in police to frisk their pupils during recess, sometimes unearth not only knives but blackjacks...
...power saw has a steel blade five to seven feet long, with a deep groove in both edges. In the groove run the saw's teeth, fastened together on an endless chain that whirls about the blade at a rate of 1,500 feet a minute. The power comes from a converted outboard motor or from a generator mounted on a tractor. It takes two lumberjacks to drive a power saw. They can learn how in a couple of hours...