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Shillalah

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.]

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shillalah

n. (alternative form of shillelagh English)

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shillalah

n. a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn) [syn: shillelagh]

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.