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Bludgeon

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Bludgeon 

an ancient weapon for dealing blows.

The bludgeon was a short stick with a metal ball suspended from one end by a strap or chain. On the other end there was a loop that could be slipped over the wrist. The bludgeon was carried on one’s belt. It was used in ancient Rus’ and many countries of the Orient.
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The chest and sides looked as if they had been beaten with a bludgeon.
Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
It was a great brute of a fellow tiptoeing upon him from behind with a huge bludgeon in his hand, and then, as the man and his confederates saw that he was discovered, there was a concerted rush upon Tarzan from all sides.
The Return of Tarzan by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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