truncheon
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Enter Cleo. with a Truncheon in her Hand, a Sword and a Quiver of Arrows by her side, with Semiris.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
An old tub of a Spaniard converted into an English cruiser, and commanded by Commodore Truncheon, I shouldn't wonder.
From Willis the Pilot by Adrien, Paul
Truncheon spoke in a low voice, and with the deepest and most respectful melancholy.
From A Little Dinner at Timmin's by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Truncheon, trun′shun, n. a short staff: a cudgel: a baton or staff of authority.—v.t. to beat with a truncheon: to cudgel.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Ors. drest gay with a Truncheon in his Hand, advances first, is met by the King, who gaze on each other.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II by Summers, Montague
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