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Truncheon   /trˈəntʃɪn/   Listen
noun
Truncheon  n.  
1.
A short staff, a club; a cudgel; a shaft of a spear. "With his truncheon he so rudely struck."
2.
A baton, or military staff of command. "The marshal's truncheon nor the judges robe."
3.
A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.


verb
Truncheon  v. t.  To beat with a truncheon.





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"Truncheon" Quotes from Famous Books



... strong man could ever be wrong. A great holiday was made; a great crowd assembled, with much parade and show; and the two combatants were about to rush at each other with their lances, when the King, sitting in a pavilion to see fair, threw down the truncheon he carried in his hand, and forbade the battle. The Duke of Hereford was to be banished for ten years, and the Duke of Norfolk was to be banished for life. So said the King. The Duke of Hereford went to France, and went ...
— A Child's History of England • Charles Dickens
... to grate, when a curious whispering voice, close to his ear, said "What is it?" so strangely that John, who had only been a year in London, bounded back into the snow, and half drew his truncheon. ...
— The Bag of Diamonds • George Manville Fenn
... part of the camp is entertained by the edifying spectacle of natives being thrashed, tents being burnt, and white people surrounded by ferocious crowds who can scarcely be kept back from carrying out their desire for vengeance by a small truncheon and ...
— A Century of Wrong • F. W. Reitz
... the Prophet, sternly. "This is no game. Stand there, by the area gate, and if anyone should run out, knock him down with your truncheon. ...
— The Prophet of Berkeley Square • Robert Hichens
... "Oh, no; a truncheon,—having I believe your image and superscription stamped somewhere upon it. Your own mark, sir." And Max pointed to the scar upon his head. "When I, in turn, have to wear the crown its rim will probably rest on that very spot. What ...
— King John of Jingalo - The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties • Laurence Housman


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