shillelagh
Example Sentences
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He celebrated the nearly perfect performance by putting his hands on a shillelagh.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 27, 2023
He celebrated the nearly perfect performance by putting his hands on a shillelagh.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2023
The past month I’ve been staring down the shillelagh of an actual, real holiday.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2021
Kenneth More, as an Irish general, hauls a bulldog named Winston onto the beach and waves his shillelagh.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 6, 2014
Back in the shillelagh days, there were no fancy polymer harnesses, no auto thrusters, and certainly no external monitors.
From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
