niblick

Example Sentences

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Old Morris passed on his mashie niblick — an early term for a seven iron — to his equally talented son, Young Tom Morris, who won the British Open four times from 1868 to 1872.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2025

It was also an impressive feat, given that Terry and his teammates were hitting rubberlike gutta percha balls with handmade wooden-shafted clubs that, instead of numbers, bore names like brassie, niblick, spoon and cleek.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2021

My 83 was a sorry thing, but I did hit a niblick to remember.

From Golf Digest • Jul. 29, 2017

At free-kicks from the edge of the box he could affect a niblick chip into the top corner or a driven three-wood with draw or fade.

From The Guardian • May 29, 2012

Boy, slip me the niblick and get up yonder on the edge of the ravine where you can watch this ball.

From Fore! by Loan, Charles Emmett Van