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单词 knobkerries
释义

knobkerrie

noun

knob·​ker·​rie ˈnäb-ˌker-ē How to pronounce knobkerrie (audio)
: a short wooden club with a knob at one end used as a missile or in close attack especially by Zulus of southern Africa

Word History

Etymology

Afrikaans knopkierie, from knop knob + kierie club

First Known Use

1826, in the meaning defined above

knobkerries

noun

plural of knobkerrie
as in bastinadoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

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