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Meanings of truncheon in English
A short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon.
Usage of truncheon in English
1
Next the Knighte Marshall alone in armour and bases with a truncheon.
2
Protesters who rushed the police line were quickly subdued with truncheon blows.
3
It was a Fuck You to every state employee with a truncheon.
4
And with the truncheon of that spear he threw down many knights.
5
He'd pulled a telescopic steel truncheon out from under his body armour.
6
I would not exchange it, Catharine, for the truncheon of my tribe.
7
A staring baronet, with a truncheon, gets a dimple in his chin.
8
A short brass truncheon dangled from a belt round the man's waist.
9
Pung lifted a truncheon and tapped it gently into one meaty palm.
10
One of the Bishop's companions had been poking him with a truncheon.
11
One of them had a bootjack, which he held like a truncheon.
12
All he had eyes for was the truncheon in the guard's hand.
13
He is suspected of deliberately shoving a truncheon into the young man's rectum.
14
Hand on truncheon he approached the open door and stepped in.
15
Perhaps, though, the British are just sufficiently respectful of the truncheon.
16
Anon she gave it him, for alway she bare the truncheon with her.
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