Definition of "javelins" []

• Plural form of javelin. (noun)

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• "The White House continues to catch javelins from the right wing over the Miers nomination."
• "Almost ... but Riley noticed that her grip on her "javelins" never eased, and that she kept, bblancing from time to time over her shoulder at the empty, quiet corridor behind them."
• "The air is very fine, the weather lovely, the feeding unexceptionable, and the only drawback consists in the "javelins," as old Francis Head used to call them -- stinks of such wonderful crusted flavour that they must have been many years in bottle."