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yataghan

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yat·a·ghan also yat·a·gan  (yt-gn, -gn) or at·a·ghan (t-)
n.
A Turkish sword or scimitar having a double-curved blade and an eared pommel, but lacking a handle guard.
[Turkish yataan.]
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Noun1.yataghanyataghan - a long Turkish knife with a curved blade having a single edge
knife - a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point


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But when I added to the gun an English cutlass with which I had shivered his highness's yataghan to pieces, the bey yielded, and agreed to forgive the hand and head, but on condition that the poor fellow never again set foot in Tunis.
The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
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