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Indian club

American  

noun

  1. a metal or wooden club shaped like a large bottle, swung singly or in pairs for exercising the arms.


Indian club British  

noun

  1. a bottle-shaped club, usually used in pairs by gymnasts, jugglers, etc

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Indian club

First recorded in 1855–60

Example Sentences

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They cook Indian food, join the Indian club on campus, and regularly watch Bollywood films in their dorm, much to Kris' chagrin.

From Salon • Nov. 28, 2021

The 62-year-old coach of Indian club Goa said: “Why not? My life has always been with football. I don’t have support yet, but if it’s open to anyone, I can become a candidate. Who knows?”

From The Guardian • Jun. 3, 2015

At one point Madge tries to talk her way into an exclusive Indian club by claiming to be Princess Margaret, who, she is brusquely informed, died several years earlier.

From New York Times • May 3, 2012

Their weapons were the Indian club, the skipping rope and the trampoline; their uniforms were the leotard, the sweatshirt, and the bloomer; their hearts were uncompetitive and simon-pure.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had not forgotten his quarrel at Oak Hall with that bully, and how Jasniff had attacked him with an Indian club, as related in detail in “Dave Porter’s Return to School.”

From Dave Porter on Cave Island A Schoolboy's Mysterious Mission by Stratemeyer, Edward

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