nulla-nulla
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nulla-nulla
First recorded in 1830–40, nulla-nulla is from the Dharuk word ŋa-la-ŋa-la
Example Sentences
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Hunting spears were slung from a rafter and Gulpilil kept a wooden Indigenous fighting club known as a nulla-nulla for self-protection.
From Washington Post • Nov. 29, 2021
Even for a straight shot it had a longer range and far higher velocity, with less strength expenditure, than the waddy or nulla-nulla; and its homing flight had practical if not frequent uses.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
Men armed with spears surround and exterminate a shoal detected in shallow water; and the boomerang and the nulla-nulla as well as the spear form the weapons of the solitary fisherman.
From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
He then threw a club, or nulla-nulla, to the foot of the tree, and ascended to the highest branch.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas
But as they came nearer they saw him hurl either his boomerang or nulla-nulla, and a small kangaroo fell over, kicking, on its side.
From The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
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