truncheon
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We snap back to the present, where Cortez—that’s the name on the back of the football jersey of this conquistador—flicks down an eye shield and snaps a truncheon to the ready.
From The New Yorker • Mar. 6, 2019
He’s such a menace that it’s tempting to cheer any vituperative critic and grab any handy truncheon.
From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2018
The butcher handed one of their puddings to the prince, who said, “My word, it’s like a truncheon, isn’t it? Will you please give Mr McCabe my best wishes?”
From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2018
Somehow with just 19 pro victories he had quick-lipped his way into a world-heavyweight bout with Sonny Liston, the gangsters’ pal with the truncheon fists, against whom he was an 8-1 underdog.
From Washington Post • Jun. 4, 2016
A man with a smooth prizefighter’s jowl in which the mouth was only a slit paused opposite him, balancing his truncheon meditatively between thumb and forefinger.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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