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- noun Plural form of
knobkerry .
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Examples
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The two elder people were each holding small knobkerries, that is, stout sticks with wired handles and heavy heads made by the natives.
Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa Cynthia Stockley
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Out of the longer horns the natives manufacture "knobkerries" (clubs), and loading-rods for their guns.
The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family Mayne Reid 1850
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"knobkerries," the knobbed sticks which they alone are permitted to carry officially in their hands.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various
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“After them came the fighting men, armed with javelins and hatchets, knobkerries and knives,” a survivor would later write.
The Gun C. J. Chivers 2010
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It rapped again - for a split second the primer was visible - the first half-dozen Zulus were past the wagon and within three strides of the solid ground, assegais gleaming and knobkerries brandished - howling black faces - another flap of the canvas - the crash of Moran's revolver - and with a roar of thunder the wagon, the bridge, and everything on it dissolved in a great blast of orange flame.
Watershed 2010
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Police closed off the highway, which was barricaded with broken branches and bags of refuse by students, many wielding sticks and knobkerries.
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Groups of Mugabe supporters, some armed with knobkerries and machetes – weapons banned by the police in the run-up to the March 29 elections – have begun to appear in central business districts, townships and even in the usually quiet wealthy suburbs.
Tsvangirai Pulls Out of Ballot Amid Growing Violence IWPR 2008
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Mohlabina was dragged from his house and bludgeoned with knobkerries, sticks, stones and bricks until he died on the night on May 8 1986.
Archive 2008-05-01 Christopher 2008
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Numerous protesters carried knobkerries, sticks and banners.
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Some of the guests were dressed in Zulu traditional attire carrying shields and knobkerries, the SABC reported.
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