Definition of knobkerrie
: a short wooden club with a knob at one end used as a missile or in close attack especially by Zulus of southern Africa
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Origin and Etymology of knobkerrie
Afrikaans knopkierie, from knop knob + kierie club
First Known Use: 1844
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