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plural niblicks
(golf, dated) A metal-headed golf club with a large highly lofted head. Replaced by a sand iron or wedge in a modern set of clubs. quotations examples
On this occasion he had just examined some notes of other mashie shots, had put the notebook back in his pocket, and had addressed his ball with a niblick that had an unusually roughened face and a head like a hatchet.
1924, Ford Madox Ford, Parade’s End, Random House, page 75
third-person singular simple present niblicks, present participle niblicking, simple past and past participle niblicked
(golf, transitive, intransitive) To strike, or take a shot, with a niblick. examples