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I Assegai N Slender Iron Tipped Spear Southern African

Word assegai
Definition n. A slender, iron-tipped spear used by southern African people.
v. To attack with an assegai.
Sentence It was a mistake, of course. I see that now."

"Did what?"

"Jabbed him with my assegai. Mind you," said Horace, "I didn't mean to. It wasn't as if I had had any settled plans. I was just trying to hold him off.
Source Uncle Fred in the Springtime, The Best of Wodehouse, p. 559

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