a short pointed knife that is used as a weapon
seealsoCLOAK-AND-DAGGER
IDIOMS
at daggers drawn (BrE) if two people are at daggers drawn, they are very angry with each other
look daggers at sb to look at sb in a very angry way
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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