shillelah

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  • 12shillelagh — n. wooden club, cudgel made from oak or blackthorn wood (also shillelah) …

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  • 13shillelaghs — n. wooden club, cudgel made from oak or blackthorn wood (also shillelah) …

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  • 14shillelahs — n. wooden club, cudgel made from oak or blackthorn wood (also shillelah) …

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  • 15shillalah — n.; (also shillaly, shillelah) Club, cudgel, oak sapling …

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  • 16staff — n. 1. Stick, pole, rod. 2. Partisan, truncheon, quarter staff, club, cudgel, bludgeon, shillelah, bat. 3. Cane, stick. 4. Support, prop, stay. 5. Mace, truncheon, bâton. 6. Staff officers, general officers, état major. 7. Stanza, stave …

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  • 17stick — I. n. 1. Rod, switch, birch. 2. Club, bludgeon, cudgel, shillelah, bat. 3. Cane, staff, walking stick. 4. Piece of timber. 5. Stab, thrust, prick. 6. (In printing.) Composing stick. II …

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  • 18shillelagh — /ʃəˈleɪli/ (say shuh laylee) noun (in Ireland) a cudgel of blackthorn or oak. Also, shillalah, shillala, shillelah. {from the name of a barony and village in County Wicklow, in Ireland} …

  • 19shillelagh — or shillalah [shi lā′lē, shi lā′lə] n. [after Shillelagh, village in County Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its oaks and blackthorns] a club or cudgel: used chiefly of or by the Irish: also sp. shillelah …

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