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Meanings of long knives in English

We have no meanings for "long knives" in our records yet.
Usage of long knives in English
1
IT was the lunchtime of the long knives in Brussels on Wednesday.
The Irish Times
2
It ended with long faces and soon there will be long knives.
The Irish Times
3
The long knives are as plenty as the leaves of the western forests.
The Lost Hunter / A Tale of Early Times
4
The buckskin-shirted warriors leaped the rocky barriers, swinging their tomahawks and long knives.
Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and blood...
5
His long knives glittered in his hands, their blades stained scarlet.
Shadow's son
6
Of course, you will carry one of the Dervish long knives.
With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman
7
One or two were armed with hammers, others with long knives.
No Surrender! A Tale of the Rising in La Vendee
8
Pale pink icicles hung from her fingertips, ten long knives of frozen blood.
A Dance with Dragons
9
Two long knives at hand, the plainsman took a position just behind the door.
Night of Knives
10
The squaws have taken the breech clout, and fight worse than the long knives.
Daniel Boone: The Pioneer of Kentucky
11
Several others had gashes from the long knives and light axes of the Welsh.
Both Sides the Border: A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower
12
But the reverberations of Saturday's night of the long knives may just be starting.
The Guardian
13
He didn't see any swords, just clubs and staffs and a few long knives.
The White Road
14
Was it a night of the long knives, or what?
The Great Book of Amber
15
Warriors with long knives rushed forth and slew the camp-eater.
Old Indian Legends
16
The Marquesans had war-clubs and long knives like undersized machetes.
White Shadows in the South Seas
This collocation consists of:
Long knives through the time
Long knives across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common