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Indian club

Indian club noun: each of a pair of wooden clubs shaped like bowling pins, swung in certain patterns to exercise the arms.

Noun

Indian club (plural Indian clubs)

  1. (historical) Each of a pair of wooden clubs shaped like bowling pins, swung in certain patterns to exercise the arms.
    • Against the walls stood companies of barbells and Indian clubs; the dumbbells were piled in one corner […].1916, James Joyce, chapter II, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC

Forms of Indian club

pluralIndian clubs

Questions about Indian club

What does Indian club mean?
Indian club means each of a pair of wooden clubs shaped like bowling pins, swung in certain patterns to exercise the arms.
What part of speech is Indian club?
Indian club is a noun.
What is the plural of Indian club?
The plural of Indian club is Indian clubs.

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