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knobkierie

knobkierie noun: a fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end.

knobkierie: a fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end
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Noun

knobkierie (plural knobkieries)

  1. (South Africa) A fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end.
  2. A bludgeon.

Forms of knobkierie

pluralknobkieries
alternative formknobkerry
alternative formknobkierrie
alternative formknopkierie

Origin of knobkierie

Borrowed from Afrikaans knopkierie, from knop (“knob”) + kierie (“stick”).

Questions about knobkierie

What does knobkierie mean?
Knobkierie means a fighting stick, usually with a knob on the end.
What part of speech is knobkierie?
Knobkierie is a noun.
What is the plural of knobkierie?
The plural of knobkierie is knobkieries.

Words near knobkierie in the dictionary

  1. knobheaded
  2. knobheads
  3. knobkerrie
  4. knobkerries
  5. knobkerry
  6. knobkierie
  7. knobkieries
  8. knobkierrie
  9. knobkierries
  10. Knoblauch
  11. Knoblauchs

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