dagger
/ˈdæɡɚ/ sustantivo B2En español: daga, puñal, serranil, obelus
- A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
- The typographical mark †.
- A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win. · His last-minute 3-point dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come up big in big moments.
Plural daggers
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I have already recorded sentence of death, five or six times, against the movers of political conspiracies, and who can say how many daggers may be ready sharpened, and only waiting a favorable opportunity to be buried in my heart?”
“And then, my good fellow, use your daggers in any way you please, and I further promise you to be there as a spectator of your prowess.”
On the walls, over the doors, on the ceiling, were swords, daggers, Malay creeses, maces, battle-axes; gilded, damasked, and inlaid suits of armor; dried plants, minerals, and stuffed birds, their flame-colored wings outspread in motionless flight, and their beaks forever open.
“And the more, madame,” said Monte Cristo, “as the Orientals do not confine themselves, as did Mithridates, to make a cuirass of his poisons, but they also made them a dagger.
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