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Meanings of long spear in English

Medieval Italian pole weapon.

Usage of long spear in English
1
They had no firearms but each of them carried a long spear.
The Rains Came
2
On it was inscribed a stylized warrior armed with a long spear.
Stonewielder
3
He lifted his long spear from the ground and shook it fiercely.
Their Mariposa Legend: A Romance of Santa Catalina
4
So he took his long spear and was about to make off.
Certain Noble Plays of Japan: From the manuscripts of Ernest Fen...
5
He rushed upon Sir Brune and struck him with his long spear.
King Arthur and His Knights
6
A long spear stuck, quivering, in the ground some way ahead.
Geomancer (Well of Echoes)
7
I often saw a man swim out with a long spear.
The sex lives of cannibals: adrift in the equatorial pacific
8
The Esquimaux used a long spear in hunting the polar bear.
Hunting with the Bow & Arrow
9
The blinded space pirate swung his long spear in Boba's direction.
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
10
The long spear shaft sticking out of its side still shuddered.
The Mammoth Hunters
11
She brandished a five-foot- long spear, its barbed metal tip flickering with red light.
The Lightning Thief
12
He had a small, pointed beard and carried a long spear in one hand.
The dark griffin
13
The select infantry carried a long spear and a shield, the rest a pilum.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
14
A long spear of ice formed overhead, angled at me.
The iron king
15
When that long spear rotates again, I'll be back here.
Stinger
16
With his long spear he drove the bulls before him as with a goad.
The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common