mashie niblick

American  

noun

Golf.

1. a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.

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Etymology

Origin of mashie niblick

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

Old Morris passed on his mashie niblick — an early term for a seven iron — to his equally talented son, Young Tom Morris, who won the British Open four times from 1868 to 1872.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2025

Besides, the hardy defenders of the Alamo discovered that a mashie niblick came in rather handy for close infighting and drawing lines in the dirt.

From Golf Digest • Apr. 29, 2016

He did it with his mashie niblick, playing doubtful carries short and laying approaches dead.

From Time Magazine Archive

The names of the chief sticks and implements employed in the sport are: driver, brassie, spoon, cleek, iron, mashie, niblick and putter.

From Entertainments for Home, Church and School by Seeger, Frederica

Harry Vardon himself can't drive with a mashie niblick!

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van