billy club

billy club

n. A short stick or club, especially a police officer's club.

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[Perhaps alteration of *bully club; see bully¹ or from billet.]

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Noun

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billy club - a short stout club used primarily by policemenbilly, billystick, nightstick, truncheon, batonclub - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club"