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单词 truncheon
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truncheon

noun
/ˈtrʌntʃən/
/ˈtrʌntʃən/
(also baton)
(both especially British English)
(North American English nightstick)
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  1. a short thick stick that police officers carry as a weapon
    • Some of the prisoners were beaten about the head with rubber truncheons.
    Topics Law and justicec2
    Word OriginMiddle English (denoting a piece broken off (especially from a spear), also a cudgel): from Old French tronchon ‘stump’, based on Latin truncus ‘trunk’.
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