matchet

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Noun

matchet (plural matchets)

  1. machete
    • 1958, Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart, Penguin (2010), page 116:
      Guns were fired on all sides and sparks flew out as matchets clanged together in warriors’ salutes.

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

matchet

  1. inflection of matche:
    1. simple past
    2. past participle