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Definition of Batoned
1. baton [v] - See also: baton
Lexicographical Neighbors of Batoned
Literary usage of Batoned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1890)
"It is not the case that people were charged and batoned ; as a matter of fact,
no batons were drawn by the police. ME. MATTHEWS: So far as any information ..."
2. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1889)
"The troops and police were stoned and the crowd batoned and charged on both sides,
and many were badly wounded. ..."
3. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"... was thrown to the ground, whereby he suffered considerable losses, and was
well batoned, in order that he might receive his apprentisage in knighthood. ..."
4. The Works of the Rev. John Newton by John Newton (1810)
"Stephen, though apparently given up to the power of his adversaries, and cruelly
batoned to death, was no less happy than those who die in comp*«jre upon ..."
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