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(Irish) a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
Answer for the clue "(Irish) a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) ", 9 letters:
shillalah
Word definitions for shillalah in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) [syn: shillelagh ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shillalah \Shil*la"lah\, Shillelah \Shil*le"lah\, n. An oaken sapling or cudgel; any cudgel; -- so called from Shillelagh, a place in Ireland of that name famous for its oaks. [Irish] [Written also shillaly , and shillely .]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of shillelagh English)
Usage examples of shillalah.
With this shillalah, he poked and whacked, until someone kicked most of the skin off his right shin.
Gustavus Adolphus, but I would give ten tenners to have had your place and your shillalah,--a Swede for a match-lock, but an Irishman for a stick.