CLUB (weapon)
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1300 ► BASTON a club, a cudgel, a truncheon; a staff or stick used as a weapon or a staff of office → obs.
1548 ► BATON a club, a cudgel, a truncheon; a staff or stick used as a weapon, sometimes also of iron, or iron-tipped → obs.
1625 ► BATOON a club, a cudgel, a truncheon; a stout staff or stick used as a weapon → arch.
1785 ► OAKEN TOWEL a wooden club → sl. obs.
19C.. ► HOLY-WATER SPRINKLER a spiked club → sl.
19C.. ► HOLY-WATER STICK a spiked club → sl.
1809 ► WADDIE → WADDY a club; a hefty piece of wood suitable for a club; a cudgel → Aust. sl.
1859 ► OAK TOWEL a wooden club; an oaken cudgel; a policeman’s club → sl.
1864 ► NEDDY a life-preserver (a short club with a heavy weighted end used as a weapon) → sl.
1873 ► CADOCK a short, thick club, a bludgeon → Eng. dial.
1899 ► SAP a small club, orig. of wood, latterly a small leather ‘bag’ filled with sand, lead shot, or similar material → US sl.
20C.. ► COW-COD a club or a whip made from a dried bull’s penis → Jamaica
1920 ► TOLLYWHACKER a roll of paper used as a club in children’s play → sl.
1940 ► GAFF a club → sl.
1949 ► EVENER a club, knife, or other aid a small man claims as an equalizer in a fight with a large opponent → Amer. dial.
1982 ► COON KILLER a club → US sl.
1982 ► KIKE KILLER a club, a bludgeon → US sl.
2006 ► ATTITUDE-ADJUSTER a club; a police officer’s nightstick → US sl. (Bk.)
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