cudgel

• “Hill-bastards!" he howled at them, beating at them as if they were sheaves and his cudgel were a flail.”

  Fictionaut: In The Time Of Light

• “The fencer who demanded a contest according to the rules of fencing was the French army; his opponent who threw away the rapier and snatched up the cudgel was the Russian people; those who try to explain the matter according to the rules of fencing are the historians who have described the event.”

  War and Peace

• “The cudgel is a stout one, and som'at like your master's justice; -- 'tis a good weapon in weak hands; and that's the way many a rogue escapes a dressing.”

  John Bull The Englishman's Fireside: A Comedy, in Five Acts

• “Note: 93 According to the OED, a cudgel is a "short thick stick used as a weapon; a club.”

  The Revelation of Jesus Christ

• “Paul volunteered that Stella's name had certainly given her an entrée into the fashion business, but that if she hadn't the talent or work ethic to stand on her own, the industry would have used that same name as a "cudgel" (his word) to deter her progress.”

  John Farr: On Paul McCartney, and the Memories He Made

• “So, this Rosa Parks of convenience took up the cudgel of self-satisfaction a "cudgel" is a traditional Jewish dish, similar to a "kugel," and can be wielded as a weapon when stale.”

  Metamorphosis: The More Things Change, The More They Shouldn't

• “Mr Stephenson said, however, that after considering everything and the defence document being used to 'cudgel' him he had concluded there was no realistic prospect of a conviction.”

  Home | Mail Online

• “It is birch, from the remains of bark on the "cudgel" end, still flexible, but dry.”

  Wanderin' Weeta (With Waterfowl and Weeds)

• “For no one hath put foot upon the boards this day such as we of Lincoln call a cudgel player. ”

  The Adventures of Robin Hood

• “Haha I can do this without you!" kind of cudgel to the crotch).”

  Richard Carrier Blogs

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