niblick

[ nib-lik ]

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nounGolf.

a club with an iron head, the face of which has the greatest slope of all the irons, for hitting the ball with maximum loft.

Origin of niblick

1855–60; perhaps nibble + -ick, variant of -ock

Also called number nine iron.

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How to use niblick in a sentence

Strictly speaking, I don't think anybody ought to propose with a niblick in his hand.
First Plays | A. A. Milne
No Chinyman cud fail to be pleased at seem' a tall Englishman hittin' th' Chinyman's grandfather's coffin with a niblick.
Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne
Then I will have the exquisite pleasure of taking my niblick, and whanging it out for the loss of a stroke.
Murder in Any Degree | Owen Johnson
Arriving at the bunker Henry armed himself with his niblick.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan
That was where Windy dropped the niblick and jumped at him, and Cupid was correct about the coyote.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van Loan

British Dictionary definitions for niblick

niblick

/ (ˈnɪblɪk) /

noun

golf (formerly) a club, a no. 9 iron, giving a great deal of lift

Origin of niblick

C19: of unknown origin

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