| 单词 | locust club |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslocust club locust club n. U.S. (now historical) a truncheon made of locust wood, formerly used esp. by the New York City police force; cf. sense 7 and locust stick n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > constable's or watchman's pestlea1500 baton?1590 locust club1850 locust1857 locust stick1859 nightclub1882 nightstick1887 billy1889 1850 Daily Morning News (Savannah, Georgia) 5 Sept. The [New York] police justice soon settled the matter, by summoning a large posse of the force, all armed with unpleasant looking locust clubs. 1887 Sat. Rev. 9 Apr. 529 Rioters..brained by the locust clubs of the New York police. 2003 M. S. Johnson Street Justice iii. 90 Conceivably, the elimination of the heavier locust clubs may have reduced the severity of clubbing injuries and saved civilian lives. < as lemmas |
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