shillelagh
Example Sentences
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He celebrated the nearly perfect performance by putting his hands on a shillelagh.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 27, 2023
The walls — cream with green trim — are decorated with carefully selected paraphernalia, including a shillelagh, a traditional Irish cudgel-cum-walking-stick, that came from the brothers’ grandfather’s barn.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2022
Kenneth More, as an Irish general, hauls a bulldog named Winston onto the beach and waves his shillelagh.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 6, 2014
Not to be confused with the guy on the Lucky Charms box, ND's Leprechaun pumps out push-ups when the Fighting Irish score, wields a shillelagh and supposedly has magical powers.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2010
“Yes, Foaly. Don’t act so surprised. I have more successful recons under my belt than any officer in history. Plus I did my basic training in Ireland. Back in the top hat and shillelagh days.”
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
