fer-de-lance

How to use fer-de-lance in a sentence

• We carry our umbrellas aloft in spite of the shade, and, shuddering, secretly envy the one who saw the Fer de Lance.

  Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill Starr

• My friends white face tells the story; it was the Fer de Lance.

  Gardens of the Caribbees, v. 1/2 | Ida May Hill Starr

• But the fer-de-lance, whose nearest home is in Guiana, is not likely to have come on board ship.

  At Last | Charles Kingsley

• This is the terrible fer-de-lance whose bite is so much dreaded; but this serpent has never made its way into Porto Rico.

  Our Little Porto Rican Cousin | Mary Hazelton Wade

• He is either a fer de lance or a first cousin to it, and either is a sort of creature to keep away from.

  The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island | Cyril Burleigh