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4 total sentences available.
1863, George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray (editors), The Cornhill Magazine, Volume 7, George Smith, page 42, Each man carries a tulwar,‡ as well as either a carabine or lance, besides sometimes on the day of battle, pistol and dagger. In the matter of slinging the tulwar, a useful hint is afforded to our dragoon officers.
Source: wiktionary
Therefore, the Havildar, taking his tulwar, smote one of us lightly on the forearm in the fat, and another on the leg, and a third on the back of the hand.
Source: wiktionary
1888, Charles MacGregor, Charlotte Mary Jardine MacGregor (editor), The Life and Opinions of Major-General Sir Charles Metcalfe MacGregor, Volume 1, William Blackwood and Sons, page 64, As I was not prepared for him (my back being partly turned to speak to my man), he was on me before I knew where I was, and had given me a cut on the head with his tulwar.
Source: wiktionary
None but this mighty Tatar chief could wield that appalling tulwar, double length and double width, hung by a loop of camel's hair from the horn of his brocaded saddle.
Source: wiktionary
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