Thesaurus results for BILLY CLUBS

billy clubs

noun

plural of billy club

as in canes

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 clubs After about a minute and half, Mauldin said, police began to attack the demonstrators with billy clubs. —

Maya Miller, ProPublica, 15 May 2026 Mayhem erupted when the strikers were attacked with tear gas and billy clubs. —

Heller McAlpin, Christian Science Monitor, 3 June 2025

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Noun

The edible fruit can be used to make jelly, but watch for thorns on the shrub’s canes.

— Steve Bender, Southern Living, 27 May 2026
More to Explore Many of the human props—canes, top hats, desks—used in primate taxidermy became unfashionable in the first half of the nineteenth century, but there were still throwbacks.

— Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 18 May 2026