shillelagh

variants also shillalah

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Recent Examples of shillelagh The original shillelagh was retired with a new one introduced in 1997. Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 There are fleas and chamber pots and thumbed noses and a St. Patrick’s Day picnic that — hold on to your shillelagh! Dan Barry, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2024 Or this:Youu can't pack a shillelagh in your carry-on: TSA finds cudgel at Idaho airport Meg Foster, a justice fellow at Georgetown University's Center on Privacy and Technology, said there are concerns about bias within the algorithms of various facial recognition technologies. Rebecca Santana and Rick Gentilo, USA TODAY, 15 May 2023 Air travelers, take note: Be sure to keep your guns and your knives and shillelaghs – and your cats for that matter – out of your carry-ons. Forrest Brown, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023 In contemporary times, some people study bataireacht, a type of Irish martial art, using the shillelagh. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2023 Owusu Koramoah loved it when former Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly hoisted the jeweled shillelagh in the locker room when the Irish would beat USC. Jimmy Watkins, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2022 The shillelagh, a tall walking stick, was also a protection against large animals. Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 24 Mar. 2022 Alabama played a competitive first half of its NCAA tournament opener Friday against Notre Dame, but then took a whack from the Fighting Irish’s shillelagh in the second half to end its season with a 78-64 loss. Mike Rodak | Mrodak@al.com, al, 18 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shillelagh
Noun
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    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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    Paul Taylor, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Noun
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“Shillelagh.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shillelagh. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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