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shil⋅le⋅lagh

  [shuh-ley-lee, -luh]
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–noun (esp. in Ireland)
a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
Also, shil⋅la⋅la, shil⋅la⋅lah, shil⋅le⋅lah.

Origin:
1670–80; < Ir Síol Éiligh town in Co. Wicklow; the adjoining forest provided wood for the clubs
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shil·le·lagh also shil·la·lah   (shə-lā'lē, -lə)   
n.  A cudgel of oak, blackthorn, or other hardwood.

[After Shillelagh, a village of east-central Ireland.]
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shillelagh 
1772, "cudgel," earlier, "oak wood used to make cudgels" (1677), from Shillelagh, town and barony in Co. Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its oaks.
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