billy
Example Sentences
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We could see into that Holiday Inn through its plate glass windows and observe cops walking around its lobby with billy clubs, keeping a watchful eye on us.
From Salon
“There was a handful of cops on the other side with billy clubs. And when they came over that fence, they met them with a couple whacks to the head and dragged them off.”
From Seattle Times
Then, police officers attacked protesters with billy clubs, dragging them out of Grant Park in a show of bloody force.
From New York Times
“They were praying when the billy clubs struck.”
From Seattle Times
Beyond billy clubs, laws banning butterfly knives, switchblades and other edged weapons are also being challenged.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.