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Boomerang

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A missile of hard curved wood used by the Australian aborigines of 2½ ft. long; a deadly weapon, so constructed that, though thrown forward, it takes a whirling course upwards till it stops, when it returns with a swoop and falls in the rear of the thrower.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Boomerang'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​b/boomerang.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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