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
A loaded quarterstaff, one of the two favourite weapons of the Tahitian brave; the javelin, or casting spear, was the other.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
"That man-at-arms must be a stalwart fellow, indeed," said one, "to kill three Welshmen with nought but a quarterstaff."
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Ralph Peacock
I can wield a quarterstaff as well as a prize-fighter, and have beaten Figg himself at the broadsword.
From Jack Sheppard A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth
"Shure, I have said all his Riverence and the Misthress bade me say," cried he, in defiance; and, seizing the Governor's cane from his hand, brandished it, quarterstaff fashion, above his head.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 by Various
"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 Mack Reynolds
"You two cats been checked out on quarterstaffs?"
From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds
Elmer and Kenny would be the other twosome, and, both armed with quarterstaffs would be troubleshooters.
From Black Man's Burden by Mack Reynolds
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
Two men ran past me and took Beorn, throwing up his sword with their quarterstaves, and it seemed to me that it was done over gently.
From Wulfric the Weapon Thane by Charles W. (Charles Watts) Whistler
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 William Harrison Ainsworth
This, which would only have brought us all into a brunt with quarterstaves, and similar servile weapons, was declined, as had been foreseen.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 2 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
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 Bernard Gay Marshall
