Yamstick

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A rod-shaped implement used by the aboriginal people of Australia to dig yam and as a combat weapon.

    "She thrust her yamstick into the hard ground to reach the prized tuber."

Example

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"She thrust her yamstick into the hard ground to reach the prized tuber."

Etymology

From yam + stick.

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