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Meanings of rapier in inglés

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рапира
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1970S surface-to-air missile system by BAC.

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        espada ropera

        A straight sword with a narrow blade and two edges.

              espada ropera
              Usage of rapier in inglés
              1
              It seeks to use state power as a rapier not a bludgeon.
              The Guardian
              2
              Dahlgren's rapier tip moved slowly from right to left, with mesmerizing effect.
              The Queen of Bedlam
              3
              Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
              The Moon and Sixpence
              4
              Once more he was thrusting at her with the rapier of truth.
              The Lamp of Fate
              5
              A real smile this time, and I didn't see a rapier anywhere.
              The shifter
              6
              The judge smiled, perhaps appreciating the rapier sharp thrust of his interrogator.
              The Irish Times
              7
              Beaumarchef again made a motion of executing a thrust with the rapier.
              Caught in the Net
              8
              Tom's blood quickened at the feel of the rapier in his hand.
              Tom Tufton's Travels
              9
              The rapier entered just below his thread with a dull chucking stab.
              Alice of Old Vincennes
              10
              Cleggett, for the first time, felt a little impatient with the rapier.
              The Cruise of the Jasper B.
              11
              And he flamed at me while his hand dropped to his rapier.
              The Jacket (The Star-Rover)
              12
              They might have been compared to a rapier and a two-handed broadsword.
              The Highgrader
              13
              These discussions, involving the swift rapier play of intelligences, Colonel Winwood enjoyed.
              The Fortunate Youth
              14
              A third assassin came at them with a rapier and a knife.
              Ilse Witch
              15
              A glove and rapier, a turret and a postern gate for adventure.
              A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
              16
              Louvois gathered himself up, and shot his rapier back into its sheath.
              The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
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