sabrelike

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Etymology

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From sabre +‎ -like.

Adjective

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sabrelike (comparative more sabrelike, superlative most sabrelike)

  1. resembling a sabre
    • 2007 November 18, Mimi Sheraton, “Markets as Both Feast and Spectacle”, in New York Times[1]:
      ABOUT 15 years ago I witnessed a 500-pound bluefin flown in from Montauk fetch $50,000 wholesale and watched it being cut with a lengthy sabrelike steel blade into tapering vertical quarters.

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