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Definition of mashie in English: mashienoun ˈmaʃiˈmæʃi Golf dated An iron used for lofting or for medium distances. Example sentencesExamples - I'm still not that bad with my mashie niblick today out on the Weymouth pitch and putt, but back in my teens, it was a bit of a steep learning curve.
- And he'd take out a mashie niblick [7-iron] - not a mashie [5-iron], a mashie niblick!
- The only eagles I see these days are soaring above the high ridges on a tramp across the hills - unencumbered, of course, by spoons or mashie niblicks.
- Tell golfing partners for the 40th time how the phrase mashie niblick always makes you laugh.
- Jones was 170 yards from the green and seemingly out of reach because of his lie, but he took a mashie and landed safely on the heart of the green.
Origin Late 19th century: perhaps from French massue 'club'. Rhymes ashy, flashy, Lubumbashi, plashy, splashy, trashy Definition of mashie in US English: mashienounˈmæʃiˈmaSHē Golf dated An iron used for lofting or for medium distances. Example sentencesExamples - Jones was 170 yards from the green and seemingly out of reach because of his lie, but he took a mashie and landed safely on the heart of the green.
- Tell golfing partners for the 40th time how the phrase mashie niblick always makes you laugh.
- And he'd take out a mashie niblick [7-iron] - not a mashie [5-iron], a mashie niblick!
- The only eagles I see these days are soaring above the high ridges on a tramp across the hills - unencumbered, of course, by spoons or mashie niblicks.
- I'm still not that bad with my mashie niblick today out on the Weymouth pitch and putt, but back in my teens, it was a bit of a steep learning curve.
Origin Late 19th century: perhaps from French massue ‘club’. |