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
And next, I saw my quarterstaff still resting against the tree where I had left it.
From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
Roger, in addition to these, had a heavy oaken quarterstaff.
From Both Sides the Border A Tale of Hotspur and Glendower by Peacock, Ralph
On that they gave me a woodman's billhook, and a seax,iii such as the churls wear, and one thrust a good ash, iron-shod quarterstaff into my hands.
From A Thane of Wessex by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)
The young men, in winter, played at football, hockey, quarterstaff, and single stick.
From The History of London by Besant, Walter, Sir
