trombashn.

/ˈtrɒmbaʃ/

Forms: Also trumbash.

Etymology: < an African language of the Sudan.

A kind of boomerang used by the Sudanese. Also figurative.

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1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries (1872) xx. 346 A curious weapon, the trombash, used by these people.

1876 C. C. Long Central Afr. xvii. 237 Central Africa is a deadly pestiferous country, in spite of the ‘trumbash’ to the contrary by travellers.

1884 A. 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.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	trombash
释义	trombashn. /ˈtrɒmbaʃ/ Forms: Also trumbash. Etymology: < an African language of the Sudan. A kind of boomerang used by the Sudanese. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > boomerang rabbit stick1788 boomerang1827 Collery-stick1830 throw-stick1837 kylie1839 comeback1864 trombash1867 throwing-stick1901 1867 S. W. Baker Nile Tributaries (1872) xx. 346 A curious weapon, the trombash, used by these people. 1876 C. C. Long Central Afr. xvii. 237 Central Africa is a deadly pestiferous country, in spite of the ‘trumbash’ to the contrary by travellers. 1884 A. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1867
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