quarterstaff
Example Sentences
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On NBC, an American Gladiator is a beefcake model in a unitard swinging his padded quarterstaff.
From Time Magazine Archive
Besides, the bow, now it is unstrung, makes an excellent quarterstaff, a weapon with which I have practiced a great deal.
From By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The more ancient sports of quintain, on land and water, morris dancing, quarterstaff, archery, and such like, were all familiar enough.
From For the Faith by Everett-Green, Evelyn
With a spear your people would know quite as much as I should; but I fancy that, with a quarterstaff, I should astonish them.
From By Right of Conquest Or, With Cortez in Mexico by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
They spotted a ruckus and could see Elmer Allen in the middle of it, his quarterstaff flailing.
From Black Man's Burden by Reynolds, Mack
