billy club

noun

Definition of BILLY CLUB

: a heavy usually wooden club; specifically : a police officer's club

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First Known Use: 1949

Synonyms: bastinado (or bastinade), bat, baton, billy, club, bludgeon, cane, cudgel, nightstick, rod, rung [Scottish], sap, shillelagh (also shillalah), staff, truncheon, waddy [Australian]

BILLY CLUB Defined for Kids

noun bil·ly club \ˈbi-lē-\

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