Plymouth cloak
noun
archaic
: staff, cudgel
Word History
Etymology
from Plymouth, England; probably from the idea that a returned traveler landing at Plymouth without money or adequate clothing could more easily provide himself with a staff to ward off possible beatings than with a cloak to cushion himself against them
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