knobkierie
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Afrikaans knopkierie, from knop (“knob”) + kierie (“stick”).
Noun
[edit]knobkierie (plural knobkieries)
- (South Africa) A fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end.
- A bludgeon.
See also
[edit]- Kierie
- nulla nulla Australian
- casse-tetê Canadian
References
[edit]- Jean Bradford. A dictionary of South African English. Oxford 1978.