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Nightstick   /nˈaɪtstˌɪk/   Listen
Nightstick

noun
1.
A short stout club used primarily by policemen.  Synonyms: baton, billy, billy club, billystick, truncheon.





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"Nightstick" Quotes from Famous Books



... for a moment. A large blue policeman is looking at him fixedly from the other side of the street, his nightstick twirling in a very prepared sort of way. For an instant Oliver sees himself going over and asking that policeman for his helmet to play with. That would be the cream of the jest—the very cream—to end the evening in combat with a large ...
— Young People's Pride • Stephen Vincent Benet


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