| 单词 | comeback boomerang |
| 释义 | > as lemmascomeback boomerang 1. Australian. A type of boomerang which returns to the thrower; more fully comeback boomerang. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > boomerang rabbit stick1788 boomerang1827 Collery-stick1830 throw-stick1837 kylie1839 comeback1864 trombash1867 throwing-stick1901 1864 Australasian (Melbourne) 24 Dec. 3/7 Being straight, they [sc. fighting boomerangs] may be thrown by either end from the right hand. Not so the shooting, or ‘come-back’ boomerang. 1880 E. H. Knight in Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1879 228 The barnyeet of the Yarra..is a war weapon, and not a come-back. 1905 K. L. Parker Euahlayi Tribe xiv. 123 Here these ‘Come backs’ are never carved, are more curved than the ordinary boomerang, [etc.]. 1954 B. Miles Stars my Blanket xi. 78 Three types of boomerang are used in Australia—the comeback, the thrower and the killer. 2000 Outback Mag. Oct. 116/2 The more familiar ‘comeback’ boomerang was often employed en-masse—often by a team of boys—to bring down individuals from flocks of water birds. < as lemmas |
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