nulla-nulla

American  

[nuhl-uh-nuhl-uh] / ˈnʌl əˈnʌl ə /

noun

Australian.

1. an Aboriginal club or cudgel for use in hunting and war.

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nulla-nulla British  

/ ˌnʌləˈnʌlə /

noun

1. a wooden club used by native Australians

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Etymology

Origin of nulla-nulla

First recorded in 1830–40, nulla-nulla is from the Dharuk word ŋa-la-ŋa-la

Example Sentences

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

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)

Shanter started up into a sitting position and tried to drag out his nulla-nulla, but his eyes closed again, and he fell back heavily.

From The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)

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.)

Shanter shook his head and tucked his nulla-nulla in his waistband again, laughing silently all the time.

From The Dingo Boys The Squatters of Wallaby Range by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)