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knobkerrie
[ nob-ker-ee ]
noun
- a short, heavy wooden club with a knob on one end, used especially by native peoples of South Africa for striking and throwing.
knobkerrie
/ ˈnɒbˌstɪk; ˈnɒbˌkɛrɪ /
noun
- a stick with a round knob at the end, used as a club or missile by South African tribesmen
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Origin of knobkerrie1
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Example Sentences
Confronting him was a big Zulu, equally muscular, and armed with a formidable knobkerrie and a small shield.
He was armed with nothing but a knobkerrie, with which he struck and parried with lightning-like rapidity.
His left hand bore his assegais and knobkerrie beneath the great dappled ox-hide shield; and in his right a yellow walking-staff.
In the right hand he held his only weapon, a kind of short but deadly knobkerrie, while his left hand rested upon his naked knee.
They had been armed with muskets, and each carried a heavy knobkerrie.
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