knobkerry

The native loves a stick, and as he is forbidden to carry either an assegai -- which is a very formidable weapon indeed -- or even a knobkerry, only one degree less dangerous, he consoles himself with a wand or switch in case of coming across

Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 100, April, 1876 Various

First comes the able-bodied though elderly sire carrying a few light throwing-spears and a knobkerry or a gim-crack stabbing-spear, and close behind him are the adult males of his house similarly armed or with a rifle or two supplied by a benevolent Government for protection against the Mullah, to whom these children of nature frequently offer them for sale at very reasonable prices.

Pan-Islam

Panda, on the Zululand frontier, growled over his assegai and knobkerry.

The Romance of a Pro-Consul Milne, James, 1865- 1911

Zululand frontier, growled over his assegai and knobkerry.

The Romance of a Pro-Consul Being The Personal Life And Memoirs Of The Right Hon. Sir George Grey, K.C.B. James Milne 1908

After some most extraordinary bargaining and after tempting him with solid, visible gold, we each secured a scjambok and a knobkerry at exorbitant prices, and left him even then grumbling and growling.

In the Ranks of the C.I.V. Erskine Childers 1896

Each of them, however, bore in his hand a large knobkerry of red-wood, and they marched four by four in martial fashion.

Allan and the Holy Flower Henry Rider Haggard 1890

There was a rush of bare feet on the soft deck, and through the gloom Carey was just able to make out that they were surrounded by a party of blacks, each poising a spear ready to throw and holding in his other hand either a knobkerry or a boomerang.

King o' the Beach A Tropic Tale George Manville Fenn 1870

Adele Myburgh, a police spokeswoman, said that a machete was found on his body and a knobkerry club was lying next to the bed.

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Mkhize arrived a short while ago dressed in a complete Zulu attire, which is made up of a cow skin apron, a shield, knobkerry and ubukopolo, an animal skin head crown decorated with bird feathers.

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Mkhize arrived a short while ago dressed in a complete Zulu attire, which is made up of a cow skin apron, a shield, knobkerry and ubukopolo, an animal skin head crown decorated with bird feathers.

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