cudgel
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With this disillusioned preface, he sets out on the recital of the great fights and fighters from James Figg, master of "the Foil, Backsword, Cudgel, and Fist" to the redoubtable Dempsey.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cudgel his brains though he might, Harry could not remember Dumbledore ever mentioning a place in which he might hide something.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
I would gladly know whether in some Cases a Cudgel may not be allowed as a good Figure of Speech, and whether it may not be lawfully used by a Female Orator.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Cudgel, kud′jel, n. a heavy staff: a club.—v.t. to beat with a cudgel:—pr.p. cud′gelling; pa.p. cud′gelled.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
What wou'd you have for de Gentlemen, de Cudgel for de Gentlemen?
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
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Twelfth Night
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