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punji stick
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pun·ji stick  (pnj, pn-)
n.
A very sharp bamboo stake that is concealed at an angle in high grass, in a hole, or in deep mud, often coated with excrement, and planted to wound and infect the feet of enemy soldiers. Also called punji stake.

[Origin unknown.]


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Officers encountered punji sticks, which Merrifield described as 6- to 8-inch lengths of branches sharpened to a point, shoved in the ground and covered with dirt and leaves.
Beside him, a Viet Cong in black pajamalike attire stands beside numerous weapons of choice: assorted booby traps and homemade mines (long ago disarmed) and several punji sticks - sharpened bamboo shoots designed to pierce the standard-issue U.
 
 
 
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