niblick
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
1- 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. MilneNo 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 DunneThen 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 JohnsonArriving at the bunker Henry armed himself with his niblick.
Fore! | Charles Emmett Van LoanThat 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
/ (ˈnɪblɪk) /
golf (formerly) a club, a no. 9 iron, giving a great deal of lift
Origin of niblick
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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