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‖ trombash|ˈtrɒmbæʃ| Also trum-. [Native name in the Sudan.] A kind of boomerang used by the Sudanese. Also fig.
1867Baker Nile Tribut. xx. (1872) 346 A curious weapon, the trombash, used by these people. 1876C. C. Long Central Africa xvii. 237 Central Africa is a deadly pestiferous country, in spite of the ‘trumbash’ to the contrary by travellers. 1884A. Gregory in Fortn. Rev. Mar. 382 They use many weapons, lances and sickle-bladed knives and trumbashes, a kind of boomerang with mischievous-looking iron prongs and points. |