quarterstaff
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On NBC, an American Gladiator is a beefcake model in a unitard swinging his padded quarterstaff.
From Time Magazine Archive
The quarterstaff prize was awarded to Long Hackett, one of John Forster's retainers.
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Peacock, Ralph
Thou art a deft hand at quarterstaff and singlestick, though, and I doubt not that thy hands can guard thy head.
From The Cornet of Horse A Tale of Marlborough's Wars by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
A quarterstaff bout—a frantic, bloody sport revived from God only knew how many centuries before—was in progress there, matching a heavily muscled Nordic with a sandy bristle of hair against a swarthy, hairless Eurasian.
From Assignment's End by Aycock, Roger D.
Chairs at precisely half-past ten o'clock and I must request you, my lords, ladies and gentlemen, to warn your chairmen that quarterstaff play with the poles will be visited with your acutest displeasure.
From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton
"You two cats been checked out on quarterstaffs?"
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
Elmer and Kenny would be the other twosome, and, both armed with quarterstaffs would be troubleshooters.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
"Using these quarterstaffs brings to mind some of the other supposedly innoxious devices used by police authorities in controlling unruly demonstrations," he said.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
Perhaps the army of the U. S. really has something able to scatter a troop of teen-age Boy Scouts armed with quarterstaves.
From Time Magazine Archive
Behind the illustrious personages just described marched a troop of stalwart fellows, with white badges in their hats, quarterstaves, oaken cudgels, and links in their hands.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by Ainsworth, William Harrison
Not a night can I sleep for some horrid apparition or other; one while these myrmidons are measuring silks by their quarterstaves, another stuffing their greasy pouches with my lord high treasurer's jacobuses.
From The Commonwealth of Oceana by Harrington, James
They sharpened and prepared spears, staves, pikes, brown bills, halberds, long hooks, lances, zagayes, quarterstaves, eelspears, partisans, troutstaves, clubs, battle-axes, maces, darts, dartlets, glaives, javelins, javelots, and truncheons.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
The outlaws—for such they seemed—were roughly clad in gray homespun and Lincoln green, and armed with bows and quarterstaves.
From Cedric, the Forester by Marshall, Bernard Gay
