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单词 niblick
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Definition of niblick in English:

niblick

noun ˈnɪblɪkˈniblik
Golf dated
  • An iron with a heavy, lofted head, such as a nine-iron, used especially for playing out of bunkers.

    〔高尔夫〕〈旧〉九号铁头球棒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I cannot believe I am old enough to have played with a niblick, but I did.
    • ‘The history of clubs is evolutionary,’ he contends, ‘from niblicks to muscle-back blades to cavity backs to now this.’
    • Some were born to golfers, and golf; others came to the game unbidden, of parents who wouldn't know a niblick from a noodle.
    • Poile, who had grown up on Wodehouse's golfing yarns, discovered that the modern game was not just about irons and niblicks.
    • He knows the right way to wrap his fingers around his niblick!

Origin

Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

Definition of niblick in US English:

niblick

nounˈniblik
Golf dated
  • An iron with a heavy, lofted head, such as a nine-iron, used especially for playing out of bunkers.

    〔高尔夫〕〈旧〉九号铁头球棒

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Poile, who had grown up on Wodehouse's golfing yarns, discovered that the modern game was not just about irons and niblicks.
    • Some were born to golfers, and golf; others came to the game unbidden, of parents who wouldn't know a niblick from a noodle.
    • I cannot believe I am old enough to have played with a niblick, but I did.
    • He knows the right way to wrap his fingers around his niblick!
    • ‘The history of clubs is evolutionary,’ he contends, ‘from niblicks to muscle-back blades to cavity backs to now this.’

Origin

Mid 19th century: of unknown origin.

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