nulla-nullas

And here's a bit more about nulla-nullas, information I'd likely never have looked for if not for a crime novel.

Archive 2010-03-01 Peter Rozovsky 2010

The party on the bank hauls on the line, and in spite of protests and struggling the game is landed, to be chopped and beaten to death with tomahawks and nulla-nullas.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

An exact census was not taken, for with spears and nulla-nullas and big swords, each warrior having the protection of a shield, the treacherous band swept on the deluded guests of their leader, whose hostile yells scandalised the meek phrases and friendly signs of a short hour before.

Tropic Days 2003

Several carried weapons — nulla-nullas and wooden swords — and assumed hostile attitudes.

Tropic Days 2003

While he was thus defending himself against the spears and nulla-nullas of outrageous fortune, the captain made wide, sweeping movements with the butt of his rifle, and the other man and the boy, the boat being by this time afloat, tugged at the oars.

Tropic Days 2003

Blacks, understanding their habits, climb particular trees known to be well patronised, and as the birds swoop down to rest, kill them easily with a swoop of a long slender stick, or hurl nulla-nullas into the home-coming flocks, just as they alight.

The Confessions of a Beachcomber 2003

He carried, somewhat ostentatiously, a tomahawk and a couple of nulla-nullas.

Tropic Days 2003

An instant, and a score of savages, armed with spears and nulla-nullas were on deck.

The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

An instant, and a score of savages, armed with spears and nulla-nullas were on deck.

Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 04 Gilbert Parker 1897

Blacks, understanding their habits, climb particular trees known to be well patronised, and as the birds swoop down to rest, kill them easily with a swoop of a long slender stick, or hurl nulla-nullas into the home-coming flocks, just as they alight.

Confessions of a Beachcomber 1887