Truncheon

(noun.) a short stout club used primarily by policemen.

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• Mr Wegg opens the gate, descries a sort of brown paper truncheon under Mr Venus's arm, and remarks, in a dry tone: 'Oh! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• It cost some exercise of the white truncheon, well seconded by the exertions of the domestics, to silence this canine clamour. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• My fool's cap was a casque, and my bauble a truncheon. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Mr. Dubbley did as he was desired; and half a dozen men, each with a short truncheon and a brass crown, flocked into the room. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The Prince accordingly made a sign with his truncheon, as the Knight passed him in his second career around the lists. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• He is jealous of the truncheon which he holds in his trembling gripe, and he knows thou stretchest thy bold hand towards it. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• A staring baronet, with a truncheon, gets a dimple in his chin. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

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