Creese

name, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Archaic form of kris. alt-of, archaic

    "‘[S]hould any of the men discover you, certainly you will have one of their creeses up to the hilt in your guts.’"

  2. 2
    a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Archaic form of kris. alt-of, archaic

    "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."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

All synonyms
creasekriskris

Example

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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.’"

Etymology

Probably a variant of Creasy.

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