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Word: kukri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Usage:

...anywhere else on earth to fight brushfire actions or full-scale war. This week, in preparation for their new role, they will begin intensive training in tactical nuclear armaments-though no weapon ever devised has proved more deadly in a Gurkha's hands than the curved, foot-long kukri, or knife, that they still carry at their belt and superstitiously refuse to unsheathe except to draw blood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Great Britain: War Is Heaven | 6/1/1962 | See Source »

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