as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club, the officer told him to move on
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Benitez’s latest ruling on billy clubs also faces further review.
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Contestants were humiliated or even beaten while ushers walked the aisles with billy clubs, threatening anyone who might leave.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
A couple of hundred soldiers came in with billy clubs.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
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Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Contestants were humiliated or even beaten while ushers walked the aisles with billy clubs, threatening anyone who might leave.
—Jenelle Riley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like.
—Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
A couple of hundred soldiers came in with billy clubs.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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