nib-lick

noun Golf.

a club with an iron head, the face of which has the greatest slope of all the irons, for hitting the ball with maximum loft.

Also called number nine iron.

Origin:
1855–60; perhaps nibble + -ick, variant of -ock

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niblick (ˈnɪblɪk)

—n
	golf (formerly) a club, a no. 9 iron, giving a great deal of lift

[C19: of unknown origin]

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