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Definition of Cudgelled
1. cudgel [v] - See also: cudgel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cudgelled
Literary usage of Cudgelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favorite Poems from the Best Authors: Humorous Poems by Amy Neally (1894)
"As Thomas was cudgelled one day by his wife, He took to his heels and fled for
his life: Tom's three dearest friends came by in the squabble, And saved him ..."
2. The Ellis Correspondence: Letters Written During the Years 1686, 1687, 1688 by John Ellis (1829)
"News-writer cudgelled.—General Pardon. — Foreign news. —City Address to the
King.—Duke of Albemarle. London, Sept. 25th, 1688. ..."
3. Queens of the French Stage by Hugh Noel Williams (1905)
"How, a few days later, Rohan caused Voltaire to be cudgelled by his lackeys; how
the enraged poet, after taking a course of fencing lessons, challenged his ..."
4. Robert Montgomery and His Reviewers: With Some Remarks on the Present State by Edward Clarkson (1830)
"The doctor may say with ' cudgelled Roper' in the Dunciad: And oh! he cried, what
street, what lane but knows, Our thumpings, pumpings, blanket tings, ..."
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