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

Then the head shivered on a steel corselet, and Sim played quarterstaff with the shaft.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

But as he rushed upon his prey, rescue interposed in the person of Joceline Joliffe, with his quarterstaff on his shoulder.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

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)

Chairs at precisely half-past ten o'clock and I must request you, my lords, ladies and gentlemen, to warn your chairmen that quarterstaff play with the poles will be visited with your acutest displeasure.

From The Passionate Elopement by MacKenzie, Compton