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shillelaghs

shillelaghs is the plural of shillelagh.

Meaning of shillelagh

Noun

shillelagh (plural shillelaghs)

  1. (Ireland) A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob.
    • [T]he stem of a stout young oak or ash tree, into the end of which, where the roots had been rounded off, a quantity of molten lead was poured, making the shillelagh more formidable in such hands than a sword would have been – much harder to parry, and impossible to break.1842, Charlotte Elizabeth, “Letter IX. The Dumb Boy.”, in Personal Recollections. … From the London Edition, New York, N.Y.: John S. Taylor & Co. No. 145 Nassau-Street, Brick Church Chapel, →OCLC...
  2. Any cudgel, whether or not of Irish origin.

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Questions about shillelaghs

What is shillelaghs the plural of?
Shillelaghs is the plural of shillelagh.

Words near shillelaghs in the dictionary

  1. shillalies
  2. shillaly
  3. Shillary
  4. shilled
  5. shillelagh
  6. shillelaghs
  7. shillelah
  8. shillelahs
  9. shillelies
  10. shillely
  11. shiller

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