Ataghan
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Historical Examples
The Turkish ataghan is stronger than the Greek pen and chisel.
Is Polite Society Polite? Julia Ward Howe
Somala, who had expended his last shot, not on himself, was laying about him vigorously with his ataghan.
Haviland’s Chum Bertram Mitford
noun
a variant of yataghan
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