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- noun South African: A fighting stick usually with a knob on the end.
- noun A
bludgeon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The coat of arms, composed of elephant tusks, the ears of wheat, the shield, the human figures, the spear and knobkierie, the protea, the secretary bird and the rising sun, is flanked by the motto:!
ADDRESS BY MOSIUOA LEKOTA DURING THE STATE OF THE NATION DEBATE 2004
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The new mace, in the shape of a knobkierie, was designed to reflect the history, tradition, diversity, culture, and languages of South Africa.
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The universal symbol of medicine, a dagger, has been replaced with a knobkierie symbolising African culture.
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An off-duty police constable's jaw was broken by a knobkierie blow and a bystander was hospitalised after being hit with an axe by a marcher, a police spokesman said.
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The meeting had barely got underway when a man wielding a knobkierie was removed after he marched onto the stage and tussled with two ANC marshalls.
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The girl allegedly died due to a skull fracture after Nkasi had given her a beating in which he hit her over her body and head with tree branches and a knobkierie.
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The girl allegedly died due to a skull fracture after Nkasi had given her a beating in which he hit her over her body and head with tree branches and a knobkierie.
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A rural community has vowed that a woman accused of beating her nephew to death with a knobkierie will never be a free woman.
IOL: News 2010
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The girl allegedly died due to a skull fracture after Nkasi had given her a beating in which he hit her over her body and head with tree branches and a knobkierie.
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A 62-year-old man allegedly beat a mugger to death with a knobkierie in Seshego, Limpopo police said on Wednesday.
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qms commented on the word knobkierie
The shillelagh though left home in Kerry,
In the veldt it's ok - not to worry:
For your kind of club
There's an African sub;
They fustigate with the knobkierie.
January 29, 2016