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Definition of throwing stick in English: throwing sticknoun A stick used by Australian Aborigines to throw a spear with more force. their spears were longer and they carried a throwing stick Example sentencesExamples - When our party first mounted the cliffs, a throwing stick, a broken spear, and some stones were found.
- His throwing stick was below it on the hillside and his extra spears were scattered around him.
- I envy the Aborigine his ability to survive the outback spaces with his knowledge and a throwing stick.
- We find representations or stencils of hands or artefacts such as boomerangs, throwing sticks or nets.
- Naturally, when with a great deal of pains a throwing stick had been made out of carefully chosen wood, the hunter did not want to lose it.
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