night stick

noun
a special club carried by a policeman; billy.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism

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night stick
 
—n
(US), (Canadian) British equivalent: truncheon a heavy baton or club carried by a policeman, prima

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One was holding a night stick, and was eventually directed to leave by the police.
He testified that he was not armed with a night stick at the time of the stabbing.
He was clubbed into decency in his own day, and the night stick wore off the glamour of the thing.
At night the use of night stick attached to the balloon can be useful in manual tracking of the balloon.
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