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[ UK /ʃˌɪlˈe‍ɪlɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. 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.
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