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Examples
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This the Malay had made, along with a complete set of "sumpits," or arrows, and a quiver to contain them.
The Castaways Mayne Reid 1850
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Saloo gave the points of his sumpits a coating of the combined juices, so that they would carry death into the veins of any animal having the ill-fortune to be pierced by them.
The Castaways Mayne Reid 1850
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Saloo's silent sumpits had done all the work of the chase, which resulted in the death of a deer, another wild pig, and several large birds, suitable for the pot or spit.
The Castaways Mayne Reid 1850
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Dyaks hunt them, and shoot their children in the trees with sumpits as they would monkeys.
Mark Seaworth William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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However, when the canoes first came up, the savages, seeing me on board walking the deck with as much dignity as the officer of the watch, began blowing their sumpits at me till I was stuck all over like a porcupine.
Mark Seaworth William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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