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shilf |
shilfa |
shill |
shill-i-shall-i |
shillalah |
shillelagh
| shillelah
| shilling
| shilly shally
| shilly shallying
| shilly-shally
shillelagh
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun shillelagh has 1 sense
- shillelagh(n = noun.artifact) shillalah - a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn); Array is a kind of cudgel
OXFORD DICTIONARY
shillelagh, n. a thick stick of blackthorn or oak used in Ireland esp. as a weapon.
Etymology
Shillelagh in Co. Wicklow, Ireland
THESAURUS
shillelagh
Malacca cane, alpenstock, bat, baton, billy, billy club, bludgeon, cane, club, crook, crosier, cross, cross-staff, crutch, crutch-stick, handstaff, knobkerrie, lituus, mace, pastoral staff, paterissa, quarterstaff, staff, stave, stick, swagger stick, swanking stick, truncheon, walking stick
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