fighting stick, noun phrase
1. Either of the two short staves wielded in mock fights among young (rural) Black men; fencing stick; intonga. See also stick-fight.
1985 Cape Times 30 Sept. 1Chief Buthelezi..arrived wearing a leopardskin headband and a necklace of lion claws and carrying a shield and fighting sticks.
1991 Sunday Times 22 Sept. 29He raises the fighting sticks he is carrying, adopts a combat position and yells an insult.
2. kierie.
1990 Weekend Post 31 Mar. 6They..kill each other, using pangas, fighting sticks and homemade guns, in horrifying acts.
Either of the two short staves wielded in mock fights among young (rural) Black men; fencing stick; intonga.
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