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nib⋅lick

[nib-lik]
–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; perh. nibble + -ick, var. of -ock
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nib·lick   (nĭb'lĭk)   
n.  An iron-headed golf club with the face slanted at a greater angle than any other iron except a wedge; a nine iron.

[Origin unknown.]
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