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Indian club

Indian club

A bottle-shaped wooden club swung in the hand for gymnastic exercise.

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Indian club

(Gymnastics) a bottle-shaped club, usually used in pairs by gymnasts, jugglers, etc

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In′dian club`

a wooden or metal club shaped like a large bottle and swung for arm exercise.

[1855–60]

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Indian club - a bottle-shaped club used in exercises

club - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"

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Lord Ernest Belville crouched in its glare with one Indian club held by the end, like a footman with a stolen bottle.

And I emphasized my offence by nodding and shrugging toward a pair of very large Indian clubs that stood in the fender, on either side of the chimney up which I had presumed to glance.

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The athletic harlequin swung him about like a sack or twisted or tossed him like an Indian club; all the time to the most maddeningly ludicrous tunes from the piano.

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In her free hand she brandished an Indian club, torn from a "trophy" of Oriental weapons that ornamented the wall over the fire-place.

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Indian clubs had never before obtruded themselves upon her peaceful and very feminine existence.

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Didn't Chalmers bring down some Indian clubs with him?

Before he went to bed he approached Bill on the subject of Indian clubs.

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If it was necessary to walk to a remote spot, he walked, but he had never known himself to "exercise." He had no theory with regard to cold bathing or the use of Indian clubs; he was neither an oarsman, a rifleman, nor a fencer--he had never had time for these amusements--and he was quite unaware that the saddle is recommended for certain forms of indigestion.

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To commemorate this relationship, both the Indian Club and the Indian Embassy have flag hoisting ceremonies tomorrow planned early in the day at 6:30am and 6:45am respectively at their premises to celebrate the event.

India celebrates Independence Day

by Times News Service Participating teams inlcude Oman Veteran's, Team Coorg (UAE), Anglo Indian Club (Dubai) Team Coorg (Muscat).

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Tributes were paid to Francis Joseph, aged 71, who died in Kerala on Wednesday, at the meetings held at the Kerala Catholic Association (KCA) in Segaiya and the Indian Club in Manama.

Tributes paid to top Indian community leader

Minerva Punjab FC is the first Indian club to sign Bhutanese footballer after it used one of its AFC member slots to sign Chencho Gyeltshen last year.