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shillelagh

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10 lettersPronunciation /ʃəˈleɪli/Part of speech nounSorted aeghhilllsStarts with SEnds with H0 clues
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Definitions

  1. a cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)

Word origin

From Irish sail éille (“shillelagh”, literally “cudgel of a thong”), altered to match the name of the village of Shillelagh (from Irish Síol Éalaigh (literally “descendants of Éalach”), because the forest near it provided wood from which such clubs could be made.

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  • It beats all your guns and your rifles, / For it goes off whene'er you desire, / And it's sure to hit just what it aims at, / For shillelaghs they never miss fire.

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