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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | club |
| Has types | bastinado, shillalah, shillelagh |
Examples of cudgel
cudgel
In the hands of politicians, it is an effective cudgel, used to batter opponents.
From the orlandosentinel.com
She found that historic register status can be wielded like a political cudgel.
From the sacbee.com
You'll have some downside protection if Mr. Market takes out his cudgel again.
From the usatoday.com
His long fingers are closed around the gnarled head of a knobkerrie, a cudgel.
From the denverpost.com
Germany has been a frequent cudgel in recent fights over the American economy.
From the nytimes.com
Palmes swung his cudgel first at Montgomery, hitting his arm, and then at Preston.
From the en.wikipedia.org
We should cheer those who get recognised and stop taking a cudgel to the absentees.
From the guardian.co.uk
That was hardly the first time an Israeli government had used settlements as a cudgel.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Lately, China has been showing the business world the business end of its economic cudgel.
From the online.wsj.com
- A club that is used as a weapon
- Strike with a cudgel
- A club (also known as cudgel, baton, truncheon, night stick or bludgeon) is among the simplest of all weapons. A club is essentially a short staff, or stick, usually made of wood, and wielded as a weapon.
- Cudgel (1914u20131941) was an American two-time Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.
