shillelagh

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  • Noun:
    a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)

Word Origin

shillelagh (n.)
"cudgel," 1772, earlier, "oak wood used to make cudgels" (1670s), from Shillelagh, town and barony, famous for its oaks, in County Wicklow, Ireland. The name is literally "seeds (or descendants) of Elach, from Irish siol "seed."

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