billy club
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billy club
n.
A short stick or club, especially a police officer's club.
[Perhaps alteration of *bully club; see bully1 or from billet.]
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| Noun | 1. |  billy club - a short stout club used primarily by policemenclub - stout stick that is larger at one end; "he carried a club in self defense"; "he felt as if he had been hit with a club" |
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