bludgeoners

Old St Dunstan, with its bell-smiting bludgeoners, has been removed; the ancient shops with their faces full of pleasant history are passing away one by one; the bar itself is to go — its doom has been pronounced by

The Warden 2004

It was no troll's den, it was the cellar of Krukczy Tower itself; and goblins held it, loosed from what hell he did not know: but by all the late-at-night tales that had ever frightened a boy sleepless, he knew they were no solitary bandits, no witless bludgeoners, like trolls.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

It was no troll's den, it was the cellar of Krukczy Tower itself; and goblins held it, loosed from what hell he did not know: but by all the late-at-night tales that had ever frightened a boy sleepless, he knew they were no solitary bandits, no witless bludgeoners, like trolls.

The Goblin Mirror Cherryh, C. J. 1992

That the bludgeoners came together at such late notice might smack of haphazard planning, but the template had long been established; it was just a case of finding the requisite personnel.

Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

More than 1,200 acts are scheduled in official showcases: seasoned rappers and eager younger troubadours, laptop wizards and garage-rock bludgeoners, microgenres and microtrends.

NYT > Home Page 2010

St Dunstan, with its bell-smiting bludgeoners, has been removed; the ancient shops with their faces full of pleasant history are passing away one by one; the bar itself is to go -- its doom has been pronounced by _The Jupiter_; rumour tells us of some huge building that is to appear in these latitudes dedicated to law, subversive of the courts of Westminster, and antagonistic to the Rolls and Lincoln's Inn; but nothing yet threatens the silent beauty of the Temple: it is the mediæval court of the metropolis.

The Warden Anthony Trollope 1848