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waster
(redirected from Wooden sword)

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waster
an article spoiled in manufacture

second
A unit of secondary quality or one not meeting specified dimensions; a cull.


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After learning how to brandish a wooden sword I was let loose on a blunt but bulky metal version and used all the blocking and attacking techniques I'd just learnt, attempting not to look completely stupid.
The 21st edition of the festival faces similar questions: with more than 20 performances in the official competition (11 European, three African, seven Asian, and two South American, in addition to two Egyptian entries), will be it able to touch lives, or is it just another Don Quixote, with a wooden sword and a vacuum cleaner?
Students will be issued with wooden swords, called "wasters," to practice the correct handling of weapons and learn some of the tricks of defensive and offensive fighting at workshops taking place throughout the day.
 
 
 
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