Definitions
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- noun A traditional
club used as a weapon by certain indigenous groups ofSouth Africa .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hy was later deur 'n patoloog toevallig sy ouderdom geskat op 26 jaar, maar dit is die Bantoe man wat heel voor gestaan het met die kierie en die ander opgesweep het.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Hy het 'n kierie in sy linkerhand gehad en wat vir my na' n halwe baksteen gelyk het in sy regterhand.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Matthee: [Hy] was baie duidelik een van die leiers van die groep daar hy heelvoor beweeg het en 'n kierie in sy linkerhand en' n gedeelte van 'n baksteen in sy regterhand gehad het.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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A tall thin "Bantoeman" holding a brick in his left hand and a "kierie" (club) in the other, rushed at Hattingh.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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Ek het later verneem dat hierdie leier en opstoker wat voor met die kierie gestaan het, wel gedood was en dat 'n voertuig hom weggeneem het.
'I Saw a Nightmare …' Doing Violence to Memory: The Soweto Uprising, June 16, 1976 2005
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According to the report, over nine percent of the children carried a weapon such as a gun, knife, panga or kierie to school on one or more days in the month preceding the survey.
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He hit her with his kierie and she ran away, the woman said.
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Accusing the government of 'wielding a kierie' against the African people,
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