"bat'leth" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1990 November 5, “Reunion”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 4, episode 7, spoken by Worf (Michael Dorn):",
          "text": "It is a bat'leth. It belonged to my father... It has been in our family for ten generations.",
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          "ref": "2008 August 25, Jack Loftus, “U.K. Knife Amnesty Program Turns Up Klingon Bat’leth, No Sign of Worf”, in Gizmodo Australia, archived from the original on 2016-03-04:",
          "text": "The U.K. is looking to clean up its streets with a knife amnesty program, so you can imagine their surprise when a Klingon, er, excuse me, a Klingon fan, turned in a replica Bat’leth over the weekend.",
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          "text": "Officers searched the area but didn't find the robber or the weapon, which was described as a \"bat'leth.\"",
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          "text": "Howard: Why did you bring that?\nSheldon: No weapon strikes more fear into a man's heart than a Klingon bat'leth.\nLeonard: OK, let's get clear on something. We just gonna tell this guy to transfer all your stuff back into your account and then be on our way. No one's bat'lething anybody.",
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