| 单词 | niblick |
| 例句 | They heave the flexing body off the back seat and set to work with a niblick and pinking shears. Literary pseudonym quiz: whodunnit? 2013-07-24T15:42:05Z Without the commitment of golf to saving archaic and banal objects, the “niblick” and “mashie” would be truly endangered. Perspective | Golf has done so very much good — for Phil Mickelson and his pals 2022-06-11T04:00:00Z He then had the humiliation of exchanging his putter for his niblick, and, we may assume without being unkind, that was the last seriously competitive round he ever played. The Yips—If You’ve Had ’Em, You’ve Got ’Em - Golf Digest 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The others are from days of mashies and niblicks: Harry Cooper and Macdonald Smith. Phil Mickelson's major leap and two of the greatest hours in Augusta history make the 2004 Masters very rewatchable - Golf Digest 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z The first was by Ross Somerville in the tournament’s inaugural year of 1934 when he hit a mashie niblick from 145 yards into the cup. Masters 2018: The five most intriguing stats of Sunday's final round at Augusta - Golf Digest 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z My 83 was a sorry thing, but I did hit a niblick to remember. In hickory golf they trust - Golf Digest 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z “It’s a lot more fun to say I’m going to hit a niblick than a 9-iron.” Old-school golf returns with local tourney 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z I was hitting the niblick better than my regular short clubs. Preserving golf history is something the Golf Collectors' Society takes seriously. Very seriously - Golf Digest 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Besides, the hardy defenders of the Alamo discovered that a mashie niblick came in rather handy for close infighting and drawing lines in the dirt. Blackie Sherrod, 1920-2016: A sports journalist legend Dan Jenkins called 'our hero' - Golf Digest 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z But forget about carrying the golf clubs unless your collection is limited to a single niblick or mashie. Fiat 500e electric vehicle is perky and fun, and it comes with an HOV lane sticker 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z Old clubs, with names like niblicks, rake niblicks, mashies and cleeks, abound -- some of which look like gardening tools. Museum trip a perfect distraction after dawn deluge 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z 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. Ian Harte back in Premier League with Reading against all the odds 2012-05-29T22:00:01Z I’m going to invest the game with a real sporting interest, develop the possibilities of the niblick, eliminate the merely mechanical, introduce a stronger element of chance. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z He puts his red coat on, And he roams on the sandy hill; But oh! for the touch of that golfer's hand, That the "niblick" wields with a will. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z He became almost garrulous in explaining his theories concerning the proper use of the niblick. The Whirligig of Time 2011-11-04T02:00:23.063Z Of iron clubs there were the cleek, the iron and the niblick. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z Truly they are not, and those old traditions had nothing to do with gutties either; but Duncan Forbes would have rejoiced in the possession of a modern driver and mashie niblick. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z “Oh, it’s great!” said Steve, ironically, holding up his shattered niblick. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z The niblick, from long practice in the bunkers, is 'is club. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z "Boy, give me that shovel!" said Small, and the caddie handed him a niblick. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Young Tommy, ever an innovating genius, is credited with being the first to use the niblick for lofting approaches, but the niblick of those days was peculiarly ill adapted to such delicate uses. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z Another of his peculiarities is that he carries no niblick in his bag, and I think he never has carried one. The Happy Golfer Being Some Experiences, Reflections, and a Few Deductions of a Wandering Golfer 2011-08-21T02:00:29.747Z Otherwise, an erratic golfer might easily have uprooted the first national bank, the Second Baptist Church, which stood next door, and Jack's Journal with one sweep of his niblick. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z I see a member of the House of Peers Within an ace of bursting into tears, When, after six stout niblick shots, his ball Lies worse than if he had not struck at all. Mr. Punch's Golf Stories 2012-01-28T03:00:25.907Z Boy, slip me the niblick and get up yonder on the edge of the ravine where you can watch this ball. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Such a club was not known, but I can remember that about this day I became the proud owner of a club just then coming into vogue under the name of the wooden niblick. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z And when at last in Charon’s wherry, It was the sponsor’s turn to stand His friend came down to meet the ferry A phantom niblick in his hand. Wayside Weeds 2011-01-23T03:00:17.230Z Number Two—he is a left-hander—rejects the proffered niblick and selects a ponderous driving-mashie. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Then with a resolute quiet action, he broke his niblick across his knee. The Gay Adventure A Romance Grasping a bush above his head with his left hand, he measured the distance with his eye, steadied himself and swung the niblick with his powerful right arm. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Its head, made of wood, was very short, like that of the iron niblick, for the purpose of fitting into ruts. Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z He dug his partner's foozled drives out of heather and hedge and laid her wild approaches dead with a niblick. Years of Plenty Elsie made no reply, but took her niblick and began to search rather perfunctorily for the lost ball. "Pip" A Romance of Youth Presently the exasperated diplomat ceased his objurgations, swung his niblick once more and tried to get out. The Gay Adventure A Romance That was where Windy dropped the niblick and jumped at him, and Cupid was correct about the coyote. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z They criticised the pipe unfavourably, and then one of them recorded a painful incident of the game in the following terse and pregnant sentence: "Here Mr. Hutchinson broke his niblick, his favourite club." Fifty Years of Golf 2011-09-14T02:00:50.627Z I have sought—but I seek it vainly— That ball of the strenuous pace, That went from the sole of my niblick And entered into space. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 6 August 1906 He descended into the bunker, but the ball was reposing in a heel-mark, and it required two even of Pip's earth-compelling niblick shots to remove it. "Pip" A Romance of Youth His head was broken, and near him was his niblick, red with blood. Devil Stories An Anthology Cupid looked at the mashie niblicks and then he looked at Windy. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He banged out a high shot with his niblick, but went over the green to the rough and was short on his return. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories I happened to be bunkered at the fourteenth, and took my niblick to get out, but lost the hole. The Complete Golfer In one hand she had a golf club—a niblick. It, and Other Stories This is borne out by a miniature in a missal of 1504, which represents peasants playing choule with clubs very like niblicks. Devil Stories An Anthology I remembered the niblick shot on the fourteenth. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z "Excuse me," I shouted, as I ran quickly after it, and I got my niblick on to it, just as it was disappearing. Happy Days I regard the ordinary mashie as the best club with which to make it, but there are some good golfers who like the niblick for this task, and it is undoubtedly productive of good results. The Complete Golfer You will hardly get it away with a brassy; if I were you I should play my niblick. It, and Other Stories With a grim look on his face, he took out his niblick.... Punch, or the London Charivari, May 6, 1914 To prove it Small missed a niblick shot a foot, but pitched out on his fourth, and, by putting all over the green, finally halved the hole. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z For the former process there is no better implement than the old Gloucestershire stoot, or stooting-mallot, or in the alternative a disused niblick. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, March 15, 1916 The ordinary cut mashie stroke is hard to accomplish, but the cut niblick is harder still. The Complete Golfer That is called the 'Jumper,'" explained the young man, "and may be roughly likened to the niblick in golf. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, January 28, 1914 All the digging I ever did out there," says he, "was with a niblick in the bunkers of the Roaring Rock golf course. Torchy As A Pa I played with Small all the afternoon without yielding to an impulse to slay him with a niblick, which speaks volumes for my good disposition. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z As T.-T. talked my mind wandered away into regions of its own—Aunt Jane's rheumatic gout, my broken niblick, the necessity for getting my hair cut. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 11, 1920 Of the niblick it need only be said that it must be strong, heavy, and well lofted. The Complete Golfer Once only, when your toe received the niblick, The word I saw your lips frame was not biblic. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 I could have bitten a piece out of my niblick. Torchy As A Pa All the way to the third tee Waddles expounded the theory of the niblick shot out of grass, pausing only to spat another perfect ball down the course. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He has driven his ball into a deep sand-pit from which a very clever professional golfer might perhaps extricate himself by a powerful stroke with a niblick. Raemaekers' Cartoons With Accompanying Notes by Well-known English Writers The club must hit the sand, and the sand must move the ball, but the iron blade of the niblick must hardly ever come into contact with the ball. The Complete Golfer It is a little bit like a niblick, but it may be a magic wand in disguise. The Lighted Match Take your niblick, then, and play your second, making AD equal to AC. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-11-03 His niblick shot was too strong, but he laid his fifth dead to the hole, giving me two for a win. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He, therefore, proceeded to play with the niblick only, till he proved his case and showed that it is a club entitled to the highest respect. The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume II It would be justifiable homicide if he wound up his pitiable exhibition by applying his niblick to your head. The Complete Golfer The gaff, if possible a good French gaffe, is indispensable, but the kilbin, a marine life-preserver resembling a heavy niblick, is a handy weapon at this stage of the conflict. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-08 Still, there be some to whom the processes of the sport are a mystery, and who would be at a loss to discriminate a niblick from a bunker-iron. Lost Leaders His niblick shot tore through that tangle of thick grass, cut under the ball and sent it spinning high in the air. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Some of the more common ones are called "driver," "brassie," "cleek," "iron," "mashie," "niblick," "putter," and "lofting iron." Outdoor Sports and Games And when I drive into the deep grass, as is my wont, my work with the niblick would make you think of somebody bailing out a sinking boat. One Third Off Boys, for the moment we are bunkered; we must employ the niblick. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14 A niblick was now placed in his grasp, and he was exhorted to "Take plenty sand." Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 He was forced to use a heavy niblick on his third; but the ball rolled thirty feet beyond the pin. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z He has a larger collection of drivers, brassies, cleeks, mashies, midirons, jiggers, niblicks, putters and other tools than Billy Moon, and Moon is a specialist in that direction. John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life With a grim look on his face, he took out his niblick…. The Sunny Side He puts his red coat on, And he roams on the sandy hill; But oh for the touch of that golfer's hand, That the "niblick" wields with a will. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, November 1, 1890 Presently a kind of simoom was observed to rage in the Scholars' Bunker, out of which emerged the head of the niblick, the ball, and, finally, Bulger himself. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 103, November 19, 1892 Bill trailed along in the rear, juggling a niblick, his homely face wiped clean of all expression. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z Then I will have the exquisite pleasure of taking my niblick, and whanging it out for the loss of a stroke. Murder in Any Degree I would scorn to be vanquished by him, With my driver, my iron, my niblick and cleek. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, October 11, 1890 "Now let's see what you can do with that niblick." The Wrong Twin He says a fellow can play just as well with a driver and a putter and a niblick as he can with a dozen clubs. The Half-Back Arriving at the bunker Henry armed himself with his niblick. Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z She threw her niblick at it, but that didn’t stop it. Beasts and Super-Beasts But on that occasion he had the misfortune to be bunkered in a photograph of my Aunt Clara and took no fewer than eleven strokes with his niblick to extricate himself from it. A Wodehouse Miscellany Articles & Stories Letting his niblick go for a moment, Mr. T. Todd went on as follows: 'Letitia, my beloved, many moons have waxed and waned since first I cast eyes of love upon thee. First Plays Gerald returned for a moment to that mood of honest indignation, which had so strengthened his arm when wielding the niblick. The Adventures of Sally "I mean to say—no offence, old man—but no grounding niblicks in bunkers." The Clicking of Cuthbert The names of the chief sticks and implements employed in the sport are: driver, brassie, spoon, cleek, iron, mashie, niblick and putter. Entertainments for Home, Church and School If he buys a new niblick he is certain to get fun out of it on the very first day. Not that it Matters "Excuse me," I shouted as I ran quickly after it, and I got my niblick on to it just as it was disappearing. The Holiday Round A heavy niblick, flung petulantly—or remorsefully—into a corner, showed by what medium the destruction had been accomplished. The Adventures of Sally He raised his niblick again, his face aglow. The Clicking of Cuthbert The niblick is used for taking it out of especially bad situations. Entertainments for Home, Church and School Meanwhile, Mr. Brewster was performing prodigies with a niblick which he had extracted, at full run, from a bag opportunely resting against the hat-rack. The Unspeakable Perk Myra took a niblick and got the ball back into the middle of the floor. The Holiday Round I murmured sympathetically on the third occasion, thereby going as near to being slain with a niblick as it has ever been my lot to go. Love Among the Chickens If the thing was to be done at all, it was unquestionably a niblick shot. The Clicking of Cuthbert If the ball gets into a worse position, as a bunker or sandpit, the use of the cleek, iron or niblick will become necessary. Entertainments for Home, Church and School Besides, even leaving out of the question the fact that he can do things with a niblick that I didn't think anybody except the pro. could do, he's a corking good sort. A Damsel in Distress Alexander plugged steadily round the bend, holing out in six, and Mitchell, whose second shot had landed him in some long grass, was obliged to use his niblick. The Clicking of Cuthbert It had taken him ten with the niblick to get back on to the car tracks, and this had taught him prudence. The Clicking of Cuthbert And that is why this brave girl hit you with her niblick. The Clicking of Cuthbert Arthur himself, brandishing a niblick, was dancing about in the fairway. The Clicking of Cuthbert The driver of Luck must be replaced by the spoon—or, possibly, the niblick—of Ingenuity. A Damsel in Distress He suspended his activities with the niblick, and drew from his pocket a large poster, which he proceeded to hang over the side of the car. The Clicking of Cuthbert But today it was war to the niblick, and neither man asked nor expected quarter. The Clicking of Cuthbert It was as if my ball had fallen into the pit which my niblick had digged. The Clicking of Cuthbert It was only as he was leaving the hole that the latter discovered that he had been putting with his niblick, which cannot have failed to exercise a prejudicial effect on his game. The Clicking of Cuthbert His spirits, so low but a few moments back, soared like a good niblick shot out of the bunker of Gloom. A Damsel in Distress I knew that for weeks, day in and day out, the niblick had hardly ever been out of his hand, and no constitution can stand that. The Clicking of Cuthbert "Hallo, dear," said Mortimer, greeting her with a friendly waggle of his niblick. The Clicking of Cuthbert In the latter event you breathe a prayer and call for your niblick. The Clicking of Cuthbert |
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