Sentence examples for claymore from inspiring English sources

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claymore

noun

A large two-handed sword historically used by the Scottish Highlanders.

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He says the restructuring of RBS is the biggest and most complex of any bank in the world.Mr Hester may be the kind of big, brisk City banker who has the average braveheart reaching for his claymore, but his superlatives are part of an RBS tradition.

Though largely the province of men witness Ned's massive claymore and the impressive piece of metal given to Jon Snow by his commander weapons are also used by some women.

And then you run around shooting and setting claymore mines where other players won't see them when they walk into a room.

Daily 12-hour firefights were draining their ammunition supplies, and they detonated their claymore mines — an extreme measure usually reserved as a last resort — three times to keep from being overrun completely.

As if the sight of you holding up the red briefcase wasn't already enough to have any self-respecting Scot reaching for his claymore, you've stirred the pot still further.

Can there be any more literal definition of a cult hero than an artist who dresses every day in full Highland battle dress – kilt, helmet, claymore sword and all?

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OVER the centuries the Scots and the English have pounded each other with arrows and claymores, cannon and guns.

Scottish banks may be waving their claymores more to preserve a nice little earner than to defend a potent symbol of national identity.

Young men are impaled on claymores or their heads tumble from their torsos.

Going with their claymores and the misunderstood language of their war cries to 'perform' for the Royal Families of the past.

The decision to swap Cylons for claymores appears to have worked out.

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