as in cane
a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment
rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club, the officer told him to move on
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Recent Examples of billy club
In August 1900, white civilians and white cops rioted as one, unleashing two days of indiscriminate attacks against dozens of Black Hell’s Kitchen residents using lead pipes, guns, knives, fists, and billy clubs in what remains one of the largest explosions of racist violence in city history.
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Erin Quinlan, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2025
Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs.
—Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
As the handmaids spill into the crowd, using their knives at will, Phoebe gets hold of a gun and a billy club and uses both as though she’s been professionally trained.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Law enforcement attacked 600 of the protesters with billy clubs and tear gas.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
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Erin Quinlan, Architectural Digest, 30 June 2025
Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs.
—Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025
As the handmaids spill into the crowd, using their knives at will, Phoebe gets hold of a gun and a billy club and uses both as though she’s been professionally trained.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 20 May 2025
Law enforcement attacked 600 of the protesters with billy clubs and tear gas.
—Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for billy club
Recent Examples of Synonyms for billy club
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Officer Richard Perry walked into his arraignment Wednesday in a neck brace, using a cane.—
Kristina Rex,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Stars would debut daring fashion statements there, like Selma Blair, who showed off her jeweled cane after announcing her MS diagnosis.—
Elise Taylor,
Vanity Fair,
3 Mar. 2026
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The film hands off its plot like a baton, passing from this dissatisfied shopper to a factory owner to her dead daughter-in-law (another ghost) who petitions the government for her civil rights despite being in the body of an appliance.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Edris steals a glance at a dozen or two golden batons rising at eye level.—
Sarah Blaskovich,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Billy club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/billy%20club. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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