Thesaurus results for SHILLELAGH

shillelagh

noun

shə-ˈlā-lē

variants also shillalah

as in cane

a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment the bartender in the Irish pub keeps a shillelagh behind the bar just in case there's trouble

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Recent Examples of shillelagh McDonagh had some help from Finn Balor, who hit Sheamus with a shillelagh when the referee was distracted. —

Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025 Kelly professionalized a program that kept tripping over its own shillelagh. —

Pete Sampson, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025 Sheamus brought Rusev to the first row and then hit the 10 Beats for yet a third time, this time with a shillelagh. —

Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Maier, who was heading out of town that weekend for a meeting of the National League of Cities, saw the foot-long shillelagh and, according to a Milwaukee Sentinel story by Marta Bender, mistook it for a pipe. —

Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 3 July 2025 The original shillelagh was retired with a new one introduced in 1997. —

Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024

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Noun

But his parents hope that the teen, who uses a wheelchair or cane for mobility, will continue to gain independence.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026
In its most scenic moments, the train wanders along the island’s coastline and through rainforest, and sugar cane fields.

— Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026