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nunchaku
(redirected from Rice flail)

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nun·cha·ku  (nn-chäk) or nun·chuck (nnchk) or num·chuck (nm-)
n.
A pair of hardwood sticks joined by a chain or cord and used as a weapon. Often used in the plural.
[Okinawan Japanese, probably from Chinese (Taiwanese) neng-cak, type of farm implement, equivalent to Chinese (Mandarin) ling, two, paired + Chinese (Mandarin) záo, to dig, digger.]
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In addition, Johnson had also been convicted of possessing a knife along with rice flails and had also been stopped by police after chasing a man in Broad Street armed with two pairs of scissors.
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Judge Curran said despite his young age, Macilroy had already made previous court appearances for offences of assault, criminal damage and having the knife and a rice flail in a public place.
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Jason Ronnie Coxford, 18, of Alnwick, Northumberland, pleaded guilty at the town magistrates' court to possessing an offensive weapon, nunchucks, which are rice flails.
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