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nulla-nulla
[ nuhl-uh-nuhl-uh ]
noun
- an Aboriginal club or cudgel for use in hunting and war.
nulla-nulla
/ ˌnʌləˈnʌlə /
noun
- a wooden club used by native Australians
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
One represents a black fellow's "nulla-nulla," another a lady and child, another the palm of a hand blackened by candle smoke.
I have seen no other weapons among them; the boomerang and nulla-nulla (or club) are not known.
He tests the soul's strength and skill by making him throw a nulla-nulla.
To strangers whom Cassowary has never loved and would now assault with spear and nulla-nulla, they apologise.
He then threw a club, or nulla-nulla, to the foot of the tree, and ascended to the highest branch.
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