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nulla-nullas

nulla-nullas is the plural of nulla-nulla.

Meaning of nulla-nulla

Noun

nulla-nulla (plural nulla-nullas)

  1. (Australia) A club used by Aboriginal Australians for hunting and fighting; a waddy.
    • When these two men get within hearing distance, they tap two nulla nullas, or other weapons together, and crouch down in the long grass, or among bushes, so as to be out of sight. The bush mob hear the tapping, but pretend they don't know what it is, and say to each other in the presence of the...1897, R.H. Mathews, “The Wandarral of the Richmond and Clarence River Tribes”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, volumes 7-10, page 38
    Synonyms:
    waddy

Questions about nulla-nullas

What is nulla-nullas the plural of?
Nulla-nullas is the plural of nulla-nulla.

Words near nulla-nullas in the dictionary

  1. nulla nullas
  2. nulla poena sine lege
  3. nulla pœna sine lege
  4. Nulla Vale
  5. nulla-nulla
  6. nulla-nullas
  7. nullabilities
  8. nullability
  9. nullable
  10. nullables
  11. Nullaginian

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