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Definition of Ataghans
1. ataghan [n] - See also: ataghan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ataghans
Literary usage of Ataghans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Historical Sketch of the Greek Revolution by Samuel Gridley Howe (1828)
"Some few died bravely, " never attempting to escape, but falling on the spot
where " they received the first thrust of the ataghans; other " weaker wretches ..."
2. A Picture of Greece in 1825: As Exhibited in the Personal Narratives of by William Henry Humphreys, Sir James Emerson Tennent, Giuseppe Pecchio (1826)
"Some few died bravely, never attempting to escape, but falling on the spot, where
they received the first thrust of the ataghans: other ..."
3. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by John Gibson Lockhart (1839)
"... as the day is long—delight in collecting silver-mounted pistols and ataghans,
and go out of my own road for no one—all which I take to be attributes of ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1822)
"... armed against its Frank inhabitants, cutting and maiming with swords and
ataghans every Christian they met with, on account of a private quarrel — I ..."
5. Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Exploration and by Thomas Witlam Atkinson (1858)
"... ataghans, and daggers of great value, which some of the Asiatic chiefs still
possess ; also of procuring specimens through the aid of the caravans from ..."
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