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Used by aborigines in southern Africa
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knobkerry
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
knobkerrie \knob"ker`rie\, knobkerry \knob"ker`ry\, n. [Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot k["i]rri club.] A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Afric
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa [syn: knobkerrie ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A wooden stick like a club, used in southern Africa.
Usage examples of knobkerry.
Suddenly there was a mighty crash as Neville brought his knobkerry down on the bar top.
To her he had taken her own spiked knobkerry and got in a mortal stroke, but not before she reached under her pillow for a pistol, Junior's teenage bones testified by their arrangement to the violence of that leaden blow.
Taratan swung his fist like a knobkerry, but the captain ducked, took it on the shoulder, and grabbed the tail.