Drum majors' props

Usage examples of batons.

He glanced down to see a tight group of policemen battling their way through the crowd, batons flashing.

She knew that if she satisfied the Batons, they would tell others in their exclusive circle.

The Batons and Daria Gardener had crafted a scheme to throw a chunk of raw meat to the wolf-dogs of the press in an effort to put them off the scent.

A three-some involving one of the most prominent couples in society and an important politician, on the other hand, would have done serious damage to both the Batons and Gardener.

I understand that the Batons and Miss Gardener did not want a fuss made.

In glass cases were some labeled fragments of boots and batons, and other suggestive relics and remembrances of casualties on Mount Blanc.

Warriors all across the square raced for the source of the explosion, but before they could reach it, a mob of Shamed Ones sprang from a pit near the buildings and fell upon the warriors with coufees, am-phistaffs, batons, even pipes and rocks.