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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
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative form of shillelagh English)
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 .]
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.