Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Furnished with a truncheon; hence, by extension, armed with a lance or other longhandled weapon.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a truncheon.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
truncheon .
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Examples
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He hunched his shoulders, like a protester about to be truncheoned by Chicago's finest.
Brannon's Choice Browne, Richard W 2001
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And he halted, in unfeigned respect for the burly and impressive figure, garbed in blue and brass, helmeted and truncheoned, bull's-eye shining on breast like the
The Black Bag Louis Joseph Vance 1906
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At around 6pm I received the following text from my friend: "Just off to cast my vote with the memory of proud miners being truncheoned by
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