- matchet
- matchet matchet n.
a large heavy knife used in Central and South America as a
weapon or for cutting vegetation; usually called {machete}.
Syn: machete, panga. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
matchet
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