billy club
nounDefinition of billy club
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Synonyms for billy club
Synonyms
bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, bludgeon, cane, club, cudgel, nightstick, rod, rung [Scottish], sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]
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The tooth decay, tangled hair, and body odor that can come from being denied access to basic resources is a crimson flag waved in front of a bull with a billy club. — Kim Kelly, Allure, "Angels With Dirty Faces," 12 July 2019 Police on horseback, swinging billy clubs, charged and brutally beat civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, on March 7, 1965. — al.com, "Who killed James Reeb? NPR ‘White Lies’ podcast shines light on 1965 Selma murder," 19 June 2019 Other photos show smiling soldiers detaining a young man while yanking him by his curly hair and a group of officers with billy clubs beating a man who’s trying to protect himself with his hands. — Andalusia Knoll, Teen Vogue, "What to Know About the 1968 Tlatelolco Plaza Student Massacre," 2 Oct. 2018 Brandishing a billy club and slingshot, Defendor tries to protect citizens from crime and thwart his arch-enemy, Captain Industry. — Charles Stockdale And John Harrington, USA TODAY, "The 24 most forgettable superheroes in movies," 5 July 2018 Back when giant billy clubs and tear gas couldn't tame the party After a fire broke out, people trapped in the burning wreckage did beg to be put out of their misery, to be spared the agony of burning to death. — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, "The truths of the circus train crash of 1918 are more horrifying than myths," 20 June 2018 Cops stood at the ready in the middle of 12th Street, billy clubs in hand, forcing the throng back on the sidewalk. — Detroit Free Press, "He helped start 1967 Detroit riot, now his son struggles with the legacy," 15 May 2018 Police went after them with billy clubs and fire hoses. — Michael Livingston, latimes.com, "How MLK's death affected a nation, as told by those who remember it," 3 Apr. 2018 State troopers on horseback had galloped into a crowd of about 100 marchers, swinging billy clubs, firing tear gas and knocking over marchers. — Valerie Russ, Philly.com, "Civil rights activist and Congressman John Lewis, who was beaten in Selma, tells St. Joe's crowd, 'We are going forward.'," 16 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'billy club.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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