kookry
kookry is the obsolete form of kukri.
Meaning of kukri
Noun
kukri (plural kukris)
- A curved Nepalese knife used especially by Gurkha fighters; many variants exist, but all share recurve as a common theme.
- In the later part of the Second World War it was customary in the French army to vaunt the ferocity of ‘their’ Algerian Tirailleurs against the Germans, much as the British took pride in the deeds performed by the Gurkhas with their terrible kukris.1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 171
- Synonyms:
- Gurkha knife
Forms of kookry
| plural | kookries |
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Questions about kookry
- What is kookry the obsolete form of?
- Kookry is the obsolete form of kukri.
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