shillelagh

How to use shillelagh in a sentence

• Come, said our friend, glancing at a notable shillelah the man had under his arm, let me undeceive you.

  Recollections of a Policeman | William Russell (aka Thomas Waters)

• Kippen or kippeen; any little bit of stick: often used as a sort of pet name for a formidable cudgel or shillelah for fighting.

  English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. Joyce

• From a district in Wicklow called Shillelah, formerly noted for its oak woods, in which grand shillelahs were plentiful.

  English As We Speak It in Ireland | P. W. Joyce

• In his right hand he twirled a stout stick in a way that suggested a very practical knowledge of the shillelah.

  The Preacher of Cedar Mountain | Ernest Thompson Seton

• Suddenly Pet saw it whirl like a shillelah above her father's head, with a strange noise like the quick winding of a clock.

  Round the Block | John Bell Bouton