PUNJI STICK


Meaning of PUNJI STICK in English

[ 'pʌndʒi ]

■ noun (especially in SE Asia) a sharpened, typically poison-tipped bamboo stake set in a camouflaged hole in the ground as a means of defence.

Origin

C19: punji prob. of Tibeto-Burman origin.

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