Mashie-niblick

mashie niblick

noun Golf.
a club with an iron head whose face has more slope than a mashie but less slope than a pitcher.
Also called number six iron.


Origin:
1905–10

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mashie niblick

noun
iron with a lofted face for hitting high shots to the green 
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