knobkierie
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.