shillelagh

variants also shillalah

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shillelagh Sheamus brought Rusev to the first row and then hit the 10 Beats for yet a third time, this time with a shillelagh. Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Maier, who was heading out of town that weekend for a meeting of the National League of Cities, saw the foot-long shillelagh and, according to a Milwaukee Sentinel story by Marta Bender, mistook it for a pipe. Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 The original shillelagh was retired with a new one introduced in 1997. Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 There are fleas and chamber pots and thumbed noses and a St. Patrick’s Day picnic that — hold on to your shillelagh! Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 Or this:Youu can't pack a shillelagh in your carry-on: TSA finds cudgel at Idaho airport Meg Foster, a justice fellow at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology, said there are concerns about bias within the algorithms of various facial recognition technologies. Rebecca Santana and Rick Gentilo, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023 In contemporary times, some people study bataireacht, a type of Irish martial art, using the shillelagh. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023 Air travelers, take note: Be sure to keep your guns and your knives and shillelaghs – and your cats for that matter – out of your carry-ons. Forrest Brown, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023 Owusu Koramoah loved it when former Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly hoisted the jeweled shillelagh in the locker room when the Irish would beat USC. Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shillelagh
Noun
  • As Simeon and Tupe engaged in soothing effleurage and loudly vigorous tapotement, respectively, six Maori women surrounded their tables and sang folk songs in harmony, guided by an elder in the audience with a long, gnarled cane.
    Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Now 77, widowed, remarried and using hearing aids and a cane, Novy hasn’t seen an increase in his $1,575 monthly worker’s compensation check — nor have the other more than 300 other PTD recipients — since 2016.
    TOM KERTSCHER, jsonline.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Under the baton of Conductor Laureate Christopher Warren-Green, the Charlotte Symphony will be joined by Sphinx Virtuosi, the chamber orchestra of the Sphinx Organization, a national non-profit organization based in Detroit.
    Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Reuters reported that police used water cannons, batons, rubber bullets and tear gas against protesters.
    Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Usually a long horizontal rod, gallery rails use hanging chains to hold art, frames, and other wall decor.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Among the FishPro features are a Garmin GPS and fishfinder unit, a cooler for live bait or your catch, rod-holders, a large front storage space ideal for tackle and other accessories such as a swivel seat, and a waterproof, shockproof compartment for a smart phone.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Each transcribed interview has been closed-door and conducted over several hours by the majority and minority committee staff.
    Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Having spoken to multiple members of staff at the airport, Brittney and Hannah were eventually booked onto a flight to France.
    Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Shillelagh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shillelagh. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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