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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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Rajasthan have been hugley impressive, but if Pollock could keep bludgeoner Graeme Smith quiet at the top of the order, a confident Mumbai could put a squeeze on.
Cricket: Mumbai ready to unravel Rajasthan; Setanta Sports 1, 3.30pm by The Racing Post (London, England)
] yet thosemen, whose English I used to correct amid agonies untold are regarded, I believe, as good journalists, while I am supposed to be a brutal bludgeoner.
Quarrels and coteries in the 1890s by Sloan, John / Yearbook of English Studies
 
 
 
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