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woomerang (plural woomerangs)

  1. (archaic) Alternative form of woomera
    • 1859, Sir John Frederick William Herschel, A Manual of Scientific Enquiry, page 261:
      The ancient Gauls were known by their [] javelins, the Germans by their saga or military cassocks, and the Australians by their woomerangs or throwing-sticks []