First Known Use: 1844
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knobkerrie
noun knob·ker·rie \ˈnäb-ˌker-ē\
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 of KNOBKERRIE
Afrikaans knopkierie, from knop knob + kierie club
Rhymes with KNOBKERRIE
baneberry, barberry, bayberry, bearberry, bilberry, blackberry, black cherry, blaeberry, blueberry, Bradbury, bunchberry, Burberry, canary, chokeberry, chokecherry, cloudberry, contrary, costmary, cowberry, cranberry, crowberry, deerberry, equerry, gooseberry, ground-cherry, hackberry, Hail Mary, inkberry, Juneberry, library, mulberry, nondairy, pokeberry, primary, raspberry, rosemary, scalare, shadberry, snowberry, soapberry, strawberry, summary, sweet cherry, teaberry, tilbury, tooth fairy, twinberry, unwary, vagary, wheat berry, wolfberry, youngberry
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