billy

Example Sentences

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We could see into that Holiday Inn through its plate glass windows and observe cops walking around its lobby with billy clubs, keeping a watchful eye on us.

From Salon • Apr. 18, 2025

Alan Beck is counsel for the plaintiffs in both the California billy club case and the Hawaii butterfly knife case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2024

Weapons such as billy clubs have been outlawed in some form or other in California since at least 1917, with exceptions for law enforcement officers and some state-licensed security guards, the Times said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Mr. Roman in 2008 first publicized “the presence of two members of the New Black Panther Party — one carrying a billy club — outside of a Philadelphia polling site.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Cops are community helpers and all that, but a billy club and gun don’t ever look very friendly.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina