shillelagh

Example Sentences

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He celebrated the nearly perfect performance by putting his hands on a shillelagh.

From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2023

The walls — cream with green trim — are decorated with carefully selected paraphernalia, including a shillelagh, a traditional Irish cudgel-cum-walking-stick, that came from the brothers’ grandfather’s barn.

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022

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

Not to be confused with the guy on the Lucky Charms box, ND's Leprechaun pumps out push-ups when the Fighting Irish score, wields a shillelagh and supposedly has magical powers.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 21, 2010

“Yes, Foaly. Don’t act so surprised. I have more successful recons under my belt than any officer in history. Plus I did my basic training in Ireland. Back in the top hat and shillelagh days.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer