Word of the Day 01/01/23 Shillelagh
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Shillelagh (noun)
shillelagh or shil·la·la, shil·la·lah, shil·le·lah [ shuh-ley-lee, -luh ]
noun (esp. in Ireland)
1. a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
WORDS RELATED TO SHILLELAGH
business, staff, nightstick, truncheon, cane, crutch, baton, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, cosh, cudgel, hammer, hickory, mace, mallet, persuader, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap
See synonyms for shillelagh on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1670–80, shillelagh is from Irish Síol Éiligh, the name of a town in County Wicklow; the adjoining forest provided wood for the clubs
HOW TO USE SHILLELAGH IN A SENTENCE
Saying which, he flourished his shillelagh before the slipper merchant's face, and then gave him a smart tap on his head.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS|BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
The shillelagh was not a mere stick picked up for a few pence, or cut casually out of the common hedge.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1893|VARIOUS
The shillelagh was then a beautiful, tough, formidable weapon, and when tipped with an iron ferrule was quite ready for action.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1893|VARIOUS
They wove no mild sort of halo for the head of a shillelagh-flourishing Whitechapel Countess descended from the writer and doer.
THE AMAZING MARRIAGE, COMPLETE|GEORGE MEREDITH
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shillelagh or shil·la·la, shil·la·lah, shil·le·lah [ shuh-ley-lee, -luh ]
noun (esp. in Ireland)
1. a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
WORDS RELATED TO SHILLELAGH
business, staff, nightstick, truncheon, cane, crutch, baton, billy, blackjack, bludgeon, cosh, cudgel, hammer, hickory, mace, mallet, persuader, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap
See synonyms for shillelagh on Thesaurus.com
ORIGIN: First recorded in 1670–80, shillelagh is from Irish Síol Éiligh, the name of a town in County Wicklow; the adjoining forest provided wood for the clubs
HOW TO USE SHILLELAGH IN A SENTENCE
Saying which, he flourished his shillelagh before the slipper merchant's face, and then gave him a smart tap on his head.
JACK HARKAWAY'S BOY TINKER AMONG THE TURKS|BRACEBRIDGE HEMYNG
The shillelagh was not a mere stick picked up for a few pence, or cut casually out of the common hedge.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1893|VARIOUS
The shillelagh was then a beautiful, tough, formidable weapon, and when tipped with an iron ferrule was quite ready for action.
MCCLURE'S MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, NO. 2, JULY, 1893|VARIOUS
They wove no mild sort of halo for the head of a shillelagh-flourishing Whitechapel Countess descended from the writer and doer.
THE AMAZING MARRIAGE, COMPLETE|GEORGE MEREDITH
Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.
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Date: 2023-01-02 08:52 pm (UTC)