knobcurrie

Spanish translation: GARROTE OR CACHIPORRA (THIS IS THE MEANING - THE WORD WAS MISSPELT)

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English term or phrase:	knobcurrie
Spanish translation:	GARROTE OR CACHIPORRA (THIS IS THE MEANING - THE WORD WAS MISSPELT)
Entered by:	Robert INGLEDEW

10:29 Aug 12, 2002

English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]

English term or phrase: knobcurrie

Dialogue between two policemen in a film. British English.

FORD: So you’re connecting this killing to Neil Byrne?
WALLACE: I got the impression so was the pathologist.
FORD: Well, Henry’s full of theories. He’s an alky. Didn’t you smell the Jack Daniels? Listen, right night, I have a major crime wave. Drugs, extortion, prostitution. Victims include tarts, pharmacists, two chartered accountants, and a city surveyor. Ouzees, hatchets, even a KNOBCURRIE... Do you know what a knobcurrie is?
WALLACE: Of course.
FORD: So we have more important things to worry about than incest and sheep dipping. And Neil Byrne did no kill the all.

Anna Matamala KudoZ activity Questions: 3 (none open) Answers: 0 Spain
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GARROTE OR CACHIPORRA (THIS IS THE MEANING - THE WORD WAS MISSPELT)

Explanation:
knob·ker·rie (n¼b“kµr”¶) n. A short club with one knobbed end, used as a weapon by warriors of certain South African peoples. [Afrikaans knopkierie : knop, knob (from Middle Dutch cnoppe) + kieri, club (from Khoikhoin kirri, stick).

American Heritage dictionary.

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Answer to Payanjor (copied from Oxford SuperLex)

misspelt / \"mIs\"spelt / (BrE) past & past p of Þmisspell

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Robert INGLEDEW
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Local time: 14:13

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GARROTE OR CACHIPORRA (THIS IS THE MEANING - THE WORD WAS MISSPELT)

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GARROTE OR CACHIPORRA (THIS IS THE MEANING - THE WORD WAS MISSPELT)

Robert INGLEDEW
Argentina
Local time: 14:13
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Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 2664

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Thanks a lot for your help.

Anna

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Explanation:
"misspelt" is misspelled ! :-)

Jorge Payan
Colombia
Local time: 12:13
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Spanish
PRO pts in pair: 778

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