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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The curved club used in the game of golf or pall-mall. See cammock.
- n. A pastoral staff: commonly used for its earlier and more simple shape, in which the crook at the top does not curve inward spirally, but forms approximately a half-circle. Also cambutta.
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Etymologies
- Late Latin cambuca ("hooked rod or stick") referring to the 'club' used to play the game. (Wiktionary)
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Golf Clubs
Mostly the older and odder-named clubs employed to baff, and sclaff, and otherwise underclub golf balls.
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