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Meanings of nightstick in English

Portuguese
cassetete
Catalan
porra
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A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.

      cassetete
      Usage of nightstick in English
      1
      The nightstick swung down and grazed his shoulder but he kept moving.
      A beautiful place to die
      2
      In my private apocalypse he will be impaled upon his own nightstick.
      A Confederacy of Dunces
      3
      Kelly's nightstick got his pneumonia gas jet, or whatever you call it.
      The Voice on the Wire
      4
      The one with the mustache was doing baton-twirler tricks with his nightstick.
      The burglar who liked to quote kipling
      5
      Hal poked her shoulder with the nightstick, hard enough to hurt.Hey, bitch.
      Depraved
      6
      Cory stepped in, swung the nightstick at the back of Murdock's head.
      Frankenstein: Lost Souls - A Novel
      7
      Travis hit her on the back of her head with his nightstick.
      The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
      8
      You'll be wearin' his badge and twirlin' his nightstick, for Chrissake.
      Burglars can't be choosers
      9
      Drawing her nightstick, Joan turned her attention to the other group of fighters.
      Funland
      10
      And I still have the handcuffs and the nightstick, strangely enough.
      Burglars can't be choosers
      11
      Stay well back or you'll get my nightstick on your knuckles.
      For the love of mike
      12
      The nightstick rolled free and Emmanuel threw it over the fence.
      A beautiful place to die
      13
      Sadie squawked, and the cop backed up, resting his hand on his nightstick.
      The red pyramid
      14
      It could have been handled with a taser or a nightstick.
      The Guardian
      15
      I swung Loren's nightstick and slapped it ringingly against my palm.
      Burglars can't be choosers
      16
      Murphy nodded and then jabbed her nightstick at Nick and me.
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