nullah-nullah

A form of nulla-nulla — A club used by Aboriginal Australians for hunting and fighting; a waddy.

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Meanings

nounnullah-nullah (plural nullah-nullahs)

plural nullah-nullahs

  1. alternativeAlternative form of nulla-nulla.

    […] the Aborigine nullah-nullah club, a weapon made from an uprooted young tree.

    2010, Pam Cook, Baz Luhrmann, London: Palgrave Macmillan, page 120
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    […] he crept on him one night and battered him with a nullah-nullah, leaving him for dead.

    1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter XI, in Capricornia, New York: D. Appleton-Century, published 1943, page 173

    Rose Scott considered votes for women the big nullah-nullah with which to attack laws and conditions unjust to women and children […]

    1988, Miles Franklin, “Rose Scott: Some Aspects of her Personality and Work”, in Dale Spender, editor, The Peaceful Army, Penguin, page 97
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APA

nullah-nullah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nullah-nullah

MLA

“nullah-nullah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nullah-nullah. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nullah-nullah,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nullah-nullah.

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