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In addition to war clubs, which took the form of strikers, prodders, penetrators and throwers, Fijians fashioned clubs for peacetime, ceremonies and sacred rites.
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Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2023
In 1996, an amateur archaeologist discovered a few human bones and an ancient wooden war club eroding out of the bank of the Tollense River.
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Hillary Waterman, Discover Magazine, 2 Jan. 2019
If spectacle is part of your courtship plan, J-Prime is the ticket, with a posh lounge, strong cocktails and a tomahawk rib-eye with a long bone like the bleached handle of a primeval war club, a showcase of prime beef with a lush, fatty aura.
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Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Dec. 2021
That afternoon, while his wife pounded fruits to extract the seeds, Pukatire sat in a hammock, carving a war club.
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Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2019
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First Known Use
1763, in the meaning defined above
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“War club.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/war%20club. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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