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Definition of Daggerlike
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Daggerlike
Literary usage of Daggerlike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Promised Land by Mary Antin (1912)
"I took my scolding like a meek child; and then, when she was in the middle of a
trenchant phrase, her eye fixed daggerlike on mine, I calmly went to put the ..."
2. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"Tongue short, pointed, daggerlike, its margin entire. Labial palpi 4-jointed,
first joint long, but not excessively so, nearly as long as 3 and 4 together, ..."
3. Aztec Land by Maturin Murray Ballou (1890)
"They were in all manner of shapes, short and long, sharp and dull, daggerlike or
otherwise, but all worn for the purpose either of assault or defense. ..."
4. The Drama of the Forests, Romance and Adventure by Arthur Henry Howard Heming (1921)
"... the clergymen trotted along in their sombre black—the priest's cassock flowing
to his snowshoes, and his crucifix thrust, daggerlike, in his girdle. ..."
5. Nature's Strongholds: The World's Great Wildlife Reserves by Laura Riley, William Riley (2005)
"... like a small ox with a deer's graceful manner and daggerlike horns that could
fend off a tiger—was discovered in the VU QUANG NATURE RESERVE on the ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People by Ephraim Chambers (1870)
"... forms a long and strong daggerlike spine, sometimes exceeding in length the
whole body of the animal. The legs are not large enough to be visible beyond ..."
7. Across Mongolian Plains: A Naturalist's Account of China's "great Northwest," by Roy Chapman Andrews (1921)
"It was no larger than a half-grown fawn, but on either side of its mouth two
daggerlike tusks projected, slender, sharp and ivory white. ..."
8. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1917)
"Thus what we call. a mosquito “bite” is not really a bite, but a puncture made
by this daggerlike mouth; and the irritation is caused by a bit of saliva ..."
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