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Definition of Shillelagh
1. Noun. A cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn).
Generic synonyms: Cudgel
Geographical relationships: Emerald Isle, Hibernia, Ireland
Definition of Shillelagh
1. Noun. A wooden club ending with a large knob. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shillelagh
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shillelagh
Literary usage of Shillelagh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wild Irishman by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1905)
"CHAPTER II THE shillelagh As the Yorkshireman is said to sport on his escutcheon
a flea, a fly, and a flitch of bacon, so in the popular imagination an ..."
2. The Wild Irishman by Thomas William Hodgson Crosland (1905)
"CHAPTER II THE shillelagh As the Yorkshireman is said to sport on his escutcheon
a flea, a fly, and a flitch of bacon, so in the popular imagination an ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1856)
"... in the Barony of shillelagh, co. Wicklow— The Earldom of Thomond and Barony
of Inchiquin—Tlie Family of Morville—Clapham Park, and Mr. Thomas ..."
4. Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry Carvill Lewis, Henry William Crosskey (1894)
"At shillelagh I drove five miles across the hills in the area of metamorphic
silurian slate, and to the edge of the granite on the road towards Tullow. ..."
5. Papers and Notes on the Glacial Geology of Great Britain and Ireland by Henry Carvill Lewis, Henry William Crosskey (1894)
"At shillelagh I drove five miles across the hills in the area of metamorphic
silurian slate, and to the edge of the granite on the road towards Tullow. ..."
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