Plural of bambo; a dialectal or archaic term for sticks, clubs, or wooden implements.
From bambo, likely related to bamboo but in this context referring to wooden clubs or cudgels. The term appears in older English texts as a variant or dialectal form, though its exact lineage is unclear.
Bambos is one of those words that reminds us English has regional dialects and old-fashioned vocabulary that most people don't use anymore—linguistic time capsules hiding in old books that show how different communities developed their own unique vocabulary.
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