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View synonyms for shillelagh
shillelagh
or shil·la·la, shil·la·lah, shil·le·lah
[ shuh-ley-lee, -luh ]
noun
- a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.
shillelagh
/ -lɪ; ʃɪˈleːlə; ʃəˈleɪlə /
noun
- (in Ireland) a stout club or cudgel, esp one made of oak or blackthorn
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shillelagh1
First recorded in 1670–80; from Irish Síol Éalaigh, the name of a town in County Wicklow; the adjoining forest provided wood for the clubs
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Word History and Origins
Origin of shillelagh1
C18: from Irish Gaelic sail cudgel + éille leash, thong
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Example Sentences
Saying which, he flourished his shillelagh before the slipper merchant's face, and then gave him a smart tap on his head.
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The shillelagh was not a mere stick picked up for a few pence, or cut casually out of the common hedge.
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The shillelagh was then a beautiful, tough, formidable weapon, and when tipped with an iron ferrule was quite ready for action.
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They wove no mild sort of halo for the head of a shillelagh-flourishing Whitechapel Countess descended from the writer and doer.
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His bludgeon, or—considering his present connection—may we say his shillelagh?
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