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dagger

noun

1. a short knife with a pointed blade and a handle, used as a weapon or for ceremonial purposes.
2. a character (†) dagger, used especially to indicate a footnote.

Sample Sentences:

• He carried a dagger concealed in his boot.
• The defendant claimed that the dagger found at the scene was not his.
• The book contains several footnotes, indicated by daggers at the end of certain sentences.

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