So the Minister realized he was bunkered and had to fall back on his niblick -- in other words confess his error to the House. From Wordnik.com. [Forty Years in the British House of Commons] Reference
"Sharon Whipple calls his niblick his 'gitter'.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Twin] Reference
You DO know a “niblick” is a 9-iron and not gibberish, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Tuesday, March 24 – The Bleat.] Reference
The niblick is used for taking it out of especially bad situations. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainments for Home, Church and School] Reference
Open is about history and using cool words such as mashie and niblick. From Wordnik.com. [Selection of Valhalla a mistake] Reference
"Now let's see what you can do with that niblick.". From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Twin] Reference
"Take yeer niblick, mon, an 'coom richt doon on it!". From Wordnik.com. [John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life] Reference
She threw her niblick at it, but that didn't stop it. From Wordnik.com. [Beasts and Super-Beasts] Reference
With a grim look on his face, he took out his niblick. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914] Reference
POLAND - The clubs had names like mashie, niblick and spoon. From Wordnik.com. [Sun Journal top news] Reference
Jane's rheumatic gout, my broken niblick, the necessity for getting my hair cut. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920] Reference
A niblick was now placed in his grasp, and he was exhorted to "Take plenty sand.". From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892] Reference
You will hardly get it away with a brassy; if I were you I should play my niblick. From Wordnik.com. [It, and Other Stories] Reference
Of the niblick it need only be said that it must be strong, heavy, and well lofted. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Strictly speaking, I don't think anybody ought to propose with a niblick in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [First Plays] Reference
"On his deathbed, Pappy handed me the niblick and said, 'son, go kill you some zombies.'". From Wordnik.com. [YesButNoButYes Stories] Reference
The ordinary cut mashie stroke is hard to accomplish, but the cut niblick is harder still. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
I happened to be bunkered at the fourteenth, and took my niblick to get out, but lost the hole. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Golf and housebuilding have gone together since the days when Bertie Wooster was swinging a mashie niblick. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
He says a fellow can play just as well with a driver and a putter and a niblick as he can with a dozen clubs. From Wordnik.com. [The Half-Back] Reference
No Chinyman cud fail to be pleased at seein 'a tall Englishman hittin' th 'Chinyman's grandfather's coffin with a niblick. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Dooley Says] Reference
Bunkers and bunker play, 131; mistakes in regard to, 133; swing with niblick in, 136; long balls from, 138; filling holes in, 175. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Golfer] Reference
Born, as one might say, with a silver niblick in his mouth and possessed of phenomenal intellectual attainments, Mr. ARTHUR BALFOUR. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920] Reference
And when I drive into the deep grass, as is my wont, my work with the niblick would make you think of somebody bailing out a sinking boat. From Wordnik.com. [One Third Off] Reference
(I always charge extra for this), "I have forgotten my niblick; keep open. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-02-04] Reference
"It is a little bit like a niblick, but it may be a magic wand in disguise. From Wordnik.com. [The Lighted Match] Reference
It’s neither a mashie or a niblick (correct word) as both of these are clubs with iron heads. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Hannity Claims Bush Never Played Golf During Wartime: He Was ‘Far More In Touch’ Than Obama] Reference
A mashie-niblick, that was it. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy As A Pa] Reference
I took my niblick and swung at the heather. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914] Reference
In one hand she had a golf club -- a niblick. From Wordnik.com. [It, and Other Stories] Reference
I could have bitten a piece out of my niblick. From Wordnik.com. [Torchy As A Pa] Reference
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