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knobkerrie

Noun

knob=ker=rie

WORDNET DICTIONARY

knobkerrie(n = noun.artifact) knobkerry - a short wooden club with a heavy knob on one end; used by aborigines in southern Africa; Array

is a kind of club

knobkerrie, n. [Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot kïrri club.].

A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

knobkerrie, n. a short stick with a knobbed head used as a weapon esp. by S. African tribes.

Etymology

after Afrik. knopkierie

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