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machete
Part of speech: NounA large heavy knife used in Cuba and South America for cutting sugar cane, brush, etc.
Usage examples "machete":- For a time he stands erect, with his machete drawn from its sheath, his eyes flashing with the fires of jealous vengeance. - "The Lone Ranche", Captain Mayne Reid.
- So he cut down a hollow- stemmed weed with his machete and made a pipe out of it. - "The Mexican Twins", Lucy Fitch Perkins.
- Each was supplied with a machete and was expected to furnish a bras of wood. - "The Congo and Coasts of Africa", Richard Harding Davis.