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Word: kriss (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...caste. After the marriage, the prince has his sister get a sorcerer's potion (goona-goona) and give it to the coolie girl in a dish of rice. He has the husband sent away and has his will with the drugged wife, leaving his royal hereditary kriss (jeweled, big-handled-sword) behind. The husband finds it, kills the prince, is himself killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Sep. 26, 1932 | 9/26/1932 | See Source »

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