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What (who) is dagger$18753$ - definition
BRITISH LITERARY AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING LIFETIME'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE CRIME NOVEL GENRE
Diamond Dagger; Cartier Dagger; Cartier Diamond dagger; CWA Diamond Dagger
Bollock dagger
![A set of bollock daggers found on board the 16th century ship ''[[Mary Rose]]''. The blades have either completely corroded or remain only in the form of concretions.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MaryRose-bollock daggers.jpg?width=200 "A set of bollock daggers found on board the 16th century ship ''[[Mary Rose]]''. The blades have either completely corroded or remain only in the form of concretions.")
TYPE OF DAGGER
Ballock knife; Ballocks dagger; Kidney dagger; Bollock knife; Dudgeon dagger; Ballock dagger; Ballock-knife; Dudgeonhafted dagger
A bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped hilt, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male testes ("bollocks"). The guard is often in one piece with the wooden grip, and reinforced on top with a shaped metal washer.
dagger
![[[Buster Warenski]] dagger](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Art Knives by Buster Warenski.jpg?width=200 "[[Buster Warenski]] dagger")
![Bronze Age swords, [[Kurdistan]], museum of Sanandaj](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bronze age, Kurdistan, Sine.jpg?width=200 "Bronze Age swords, [[Kurdistan]], museum of Sanandaj")
![Mughal]] dagger, [[Louvre]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dagger horse head Louvre OA7892 full.jpg?width=200 "Mughal]] dagger, [[Louvre]]")
![''Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt'', ca. 16th century, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dagger_with_Zoomorphic_Hilt_MET_DP253146.jpg Metropolitan Museum of Art]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt MET DP253146.jpg?width=200 "''Dagger with Zoomorphic Hilt'', ca. 16th century, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dagger_with_Zoomorphic_Hilt_MET_DP253146.jpg Metropolitan Museum of Art]")
![Depiction of combat with the dagger (''degen'') in [[Hans Talhoffer]] (1467)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/De Fechtbuch Talhoffer 169.jpg?width=200 "Depiction of combat with the dagger (''degen'') in [[Hans Talhoffer]] (1467)")
![Achaemenid]] guard in [[Persepolis]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Persepolis-Darafsh 1 (107).JPG?width=200 "Achaemenid]] guard in [[Persepolis]]")
![A [[Neolithic]] dagger from the [[Muséum de Toulouse]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Poignard 0.188.1 2 fond.jpg?width=200 "A [[Neolithic]] dagger from the [[Muséum de Toulouse]]")
 01.jpg?width=200 "Pre-Roman Iberian iron dagger forged between the middle of the 5th century BC and the 3rd century BC")
![Modern reproductions of medieval daggers. From left to right: [[Ballock dagger]], [[Rondel dagger]], and a [[Quillon]] dagger](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ReproMedievalDaggers.JPG?width=200 "Modern reproductions of medieval daggers. From left to right: [[Ballock dagger]], [[Rondel dagger]], and a [[Quillon]] dagger")
SHORT, POINTED HAND-TO-HAND WEAPON
Daggers; Bronze Age dagger; Knightly dagger; Medieval dagger; Prehistoric daggers; 🗡
(daggers)
1.
A dagger is a weapon like a knife with two sharp edges.
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2.
If you say that two people are at daggers drawn, you mean they are having an argument and are still very angry with each other. (BRIT)
She and her mother were at daggers drawn.
PHRASE
dagger
SHORT, POINTED HAND-TO-HAND WEAPON
Daggers; Bronze Age dagger; Knightly dagger; Medieval dagger; Prehistoric daggers; 🗡
¦ noun
1. a short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a weapon.
2. Printing another term for obelus.
Phrases
be at daggers drawn Brit. (of two people) be bitterly hostile towards each other.
look daggers at glare angrily or venomously at.
Origin
ME: perh. from obs. dag 'pierce', influenced by OFr. dague 'long dagger'.
Wikipedia
Cartier Diamond Dagger
The Diamond Dagger is an award given by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the genre.
