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arrows

/ˈæɹ.oʊz/ noun A2
  1. Short darts feathered at the ends.
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“You didn’t notice,” said he, “anywhere in the tie-up, a kind of a fat boy without any clothes on shooting arrows around with a bow, did you?”
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
If the child were pricked with one of those arrows dipped in curare or some other devilish drug, it would mean death if the venom were not sucked out.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 68 · B2
Each of these little tickling arrows must have pleased my father,” added Albert with a laugh.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 449 · C1

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