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/oks"tung'/a shafted weapon having a long, wide, tapering blade. Also called langue de boeuf.
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ox-tongue partisan — /oks tung / a shafted weapon having a long, wide, tapering blade. Also called langue de boeuf … Useful english dictionary
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