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kukris

kukris is the plural of kukri.

Meaning of kukri

Noun

kukri (plural kukris)

  1. 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

Questions about kukris

What is kukris the plural of?
Kukris is the plural of kukri.

Words near kukris in the dictionary

  1. Kukowskis
  2. Kukrail
  3. kukri
  4. kukri snake
  5. kukri snakes
  6. kukris
  7. Kuks
  8. kuksi
  9. kuksite
  10. kuksu
  11. kuku

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