Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Middle English spelling of
truncheon . - noun An intestinal worm.
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"Just take a short cut through this dark alleyway Minister....oops my trunchon slipped on my pay cut"
Home Secretary confirms she's not a street walker and shows she's out of touch 2008
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As quick as light, the other wheeled upon him, feinted a pass at his breast with the point of the staff; and then, as he lowered his shield to guard himself, reversed the weapon with a swift turn of the wrist, dealt him a heavy blow with the trunchon on the head; and then, while the whole place rang with tumultuous plaudits, circled entirely round him to the left, and delivered his thrust with such effect in the side, that it bore his competitor clear out of the saddle.
The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832
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