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While the sword’s hilt dates to between the 17th and 19th centuries, the blade was probably forged as far back as the 16th century.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The botanist is played to the hilt by Lesley Manville (also unrecognizable), feral and ferocious, packing a pistol lest anyone try to make off with her precious research material.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
The masterpiece was awash with gray and lined in heavy black, the hilt adorned with a single ruby gem and framed by bone-white flowers with gray leaves.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.
—Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Sep. 2024
The botanist is played to the hilt by Lesley Manville (also unrecognizable), feral and ferocious, packing a pistol lest anyone try to make off with her precious research material.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2024
The masterpiece was awash with gray and lined in heavy black, the hilt adorned with a single ruby gem and framed by bone-white flowers with gray leaves.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024
Golf carts resemble the Joad’s family jalopy in the film classic, The Grapes of Wrath, packed to the hilt with jumbo, floating water mats, some 20 feet in length, colossal floats better suited for the Macy’s Day Parade, and the largest sand robber of them all, the canvas beach cabana.
—Steve Cambria, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2024
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“Hilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hilt. Accessed 22 Sep. 2024.
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hilt
noun
: a handle especially of a sword or dagger
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