Also rapier is right that a “Real World Olympics Village” would be a huge hit. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » For the Gold] Reference
That's the kind of rapier wit I thought had died out with the Algonquin Round Table. From Wordnik.com. [Obama's "The One," says Oprah.] Reference
The matter of the 'rapier' occurred to me again and so I arrived at a definite decision. From Wordnik.com. [Duel Under the Double Sun]
His rapier was a hornet's sting. From Wordnik.com. [Playful Poems] Reference
The rapier makes a small hole, but it is enough. '. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
(All freckled with the bloud his rapier raind) 135. From Wordnik.com. [Bussy D'Ambois and The Revenge of Bussy D'Ambois] Reference
He wore a long rapier, ornamented with pink ribbon. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
But M'Iver fixed him with an eye that pricked like a rapier. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
And he again smiled, as he said, 'I choose rapier and dagger.'. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
Earl of LEICESTER was seen to fumble for the hilt of his rapier. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, March 3rd, 1920] Reference
"If it were not for the Princess I would feed my rapier with him.". From Wordnik.com. [The False Chevalier or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette] Reference
In fact, the back edge of this rapier is sharp enough to draw blood. From Wordnik.com. [A FUTURE WITH NOWHERE TO HIDE?] Reference
"Touched!" thinks I, for it was a rapier-point at my comrade's very marrow. From Wordnik.com. [John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn] Reference
A moment later he was joined by his companion, who had also drawn his rapier. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
Holles, in Sherwood, as we saw, fought with rapier, and he soon spoiled Markham. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
They are greater in depth than in length, being caused by sword or rapier thrusts. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Desmond caught at Diggle's sword arm, and, pointing his rapier at his heart, said. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
"A very promising fencer," remarked Colonel Bludyer, as he wiped his rapier on the grass. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
He threw his hat and long jewelled rapier aside, and on removing his rocquelaure, discovered. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852] Reference
Winthrop drew his rapier, and cut the snake skin so that the tomahawk and arrows fell apart. From Wordnik.com. [The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance] Reference
Three examples are complete, or nearly so -- a cutlass, a broadsword, and a swept-hilt rapier. From Wordnik.com. [New Discoveries at Jamestown Site of the First Successful English Settlement in America] Reference
I found that a French bayonet, the rapier shape, was a very satisfactory weapon at such times. From Wordnik.com. [The Emma Gees] Reference
Half frantic, I dashed forward, snatching as I did so a rapier from the wall, the only weapon handy. From Wordnik.com. [Uncanny Tales] Reference
Even the plume in his hat and the jewelled hilt of his rapier are dwelt upon at considerable length. From Wordnik.com. [Kate Coventry An Autobiography] Reference
And if you're going for the rapier and set up with the axe handle instead, it can be pretty devastating. From Wordnik.com. [Ask Amy: The Art Of The Graceful Comeback] Reference
'When Octavio Baldi came to the Presence-chamber door, he was requested to lay aside his long rapier -- which. From Wordnik.com. [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference
But a white softness was all around, and the rapier cuts broughtforth only soft white clouds of unknown warmth. From Wordnik.com. [Samurai Kitteh] Reference
I only wanted to reach down the sugar, and the old rapier fell on my head -- a thing that might happen to anybody!. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
He's also a rapier sharp writer and video writer/director/actor whose schtick extends way beyond the "host with the most.". From Wordnik.com. [Angora Holly Polo: The Problem of Leisure: Special UMS 2010 Edition (Part 4)] Reference
"That's nothing to us," said Balder from the floor, where he was groping for the rapier that had rolled under the wardrobe. From Wordnik.com. [The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly] Reference
He shifted from side to side as if M. Godin's glance had pierced him like a rapier, and he were trying vainly to wriggle off of it. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
A light dress rapier obviously must do its business quickly if it was not to suffer from the flailing blow of the claymore, and yet. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
Two gentlemen stript to the shirt and waistband; in two hands of each a rapier and dagger clutched; their looks sufficiently serious!. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851] Reference
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