Dagger

Definitions

1. A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade.
2. A player, supporter or other person connected with Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club.
3. A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame.
4. The typographical mark †.
5. A point scored near the end of the game (clutch time) to take or increase the scorer's team lead, so that they are likely to win.

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Examples

“The dagger, under the title cultellum and misericorde, has been the constant companion of the sword, at least from the days of Edward I. and is mentioned in the statute of Winchester.”

“His last-minute 3-point⟳ dagger silenced the criticism for his so-called failure to come⟳ up big in big moments.”

“DAGGER. A piece of timber that faces on to the poppets of the bilgeways, and crosses them diagonally , to keep⟳ them together”

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