[
UK
/ʃˌɪlˈeɪlɐ/
]
NOUN
- a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
How To Use shillelagh In A Sentence
- Our whacking shillelaghs came over their heads,
- Metaphorically, with the traditional whiskey under his belt and a shillelagh under his arm, he sets the tone of the play and from there it never looks back.
- Ah my dear little enemy of the T. R, D., what were the cudgels in YOUR little billet-doux compared to those noble New York shillelaghs? Roundabout Papers
- You're as likely to get mugged and beaten in Ireland as anywhere else in Western Europe, and rest assured, you won't be beaten with a magical shillelagh.
- Oh, and for the publication quest, be sure to pack your shillelagh. Text adventure «
- Taking little heed of the pelting shower the "omadhaun," who wears a red bandanna like a shawl, and waves a formidable shillelagh, makes a harangue which, so far as I can understand it, has neither head nor tail. Disturbed Ireland Being the Letters Written During the Winter of 1880-81.
- I couldn't get a shillelagh, so I used a cane with knots in it instead.
- I couldn't get a shillelagh, so I used a cane with knots in it instead.
- Charlie had gone from crutches to a cane, which he now swung around as he walked, like the same old shillelagh me father brought from Ireland. EVENING’S EMPIRE
- Ballybunion, for instance, has 36 holes in the dunes, but 18 of them are great and 18 are such that you couldn't persuade me to play them even with a shillelagh.