yam-stick

She immediately lifted up her yam-stick in the position the men throw their spears, and prepared to defend herself, until at last she quieted down on observing the fish-hook, and advanced a step or two and took it from me, evidently knowing the use of it.

McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia John McKinlay

When the little girls are first taken out by their mothers they are instructed in the use of the yam-stick, with which the roots are dug up out of the earth.

Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899

But there is, beyond this, one other unpublishable remark, which causes the husband to take up the yam-stick and fell the singer with one tremendous blow, which is frequently so serious as to disable her for many days.

Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899

Taking a yam-stick as pointer, I would often draw roughly in the sand almost every animal in Nature.

Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899

But the unfortunate wife occasionally makes the acquaintance of the heavy yam-stick in a very unpleasant, not to say serious, manner.

Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899

For the slightest offence or dereliction of duty, she is beaten with a waddy or a yam-stick, and not unfrequently speared.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

A yam-stick is given to a girl when she reaches the age of marriage; with this she drives away any young man she does not fancy, for a mere "no" would not keep him at bay.

Primitive Love and Love-Stories Henry Theophilus Finck 1890

Near these was a gin's yam-stick -- a stout stick with a sharp, flat point on one end and charred at the other, used for digging up roots, stirring the fire, or chastising a dog or child.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885

When the little girls are first taken out by their mothers they are instructed in the use of the yam-stick, with which the roots are dug up out of the earth.

The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont Louis de Rougemont 1884

But the unfortunate wife occasionally makes the acquaintance of the heavy yam-stick in a very unpleasant, not to say serious, manner.

The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont Louis de Rougemont 1884