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 • Apr. 18, 2025
Alan Beck, an attorney for two military veterans who challenged the billy club ban, welcomed Benitez’s ruling.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Mr. Roman in 2008 first publicized “the presence of two members of the New Black Panther Party — one carrying a billy club — outside of a Philadelphia polling site.”
From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023
A fourth 2nd Amendment case before Benitez involves a challenge to California’s ban on billy clubs.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2023
I lowered the toilet lid and plopped down on it, upset at the idea of smelling like a billy goat.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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