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Grammar : Noun
Spell : bluhj-uh n
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌdʒ ən



Définition of bludgeon

Origin :
  • 1802, from earlier noun bludgeon "short club" (1730), of unknown origin. Related: Bludgeoned; bludgeoning.
  • noun weapon
Example sentences :
  • The majesty of the law in his hands becomes at once a bludgeon and a pandemonium.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Thereupon Panaumbe brandished his bludgeon, struck all the foxes, and killed them.
  • Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
  • The smashing of a face by an Indian's bludgeon is a serious operation.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • Then you bludgeon Losch with the idea it was a person Carmack had reason to fear!
  • Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
  • Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
  • Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
  • You are only a footpad, a simple-minded marquis of the bludgeon.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • The Lapp in an instant was on his skees armed with his bludgeon.
  • Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
  • He had no bludgeon, no revolver, yet he impressed Jones almost as much as he impressed the other.
  • Extract from : « The Man Who Lost Himself » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
  • The chest and sides looked as if they had been beaten with a bludgeon.
  • Extract from : « The Damned Thing » by Ambrose Bierce
  • Their feet lagged, and he shoved them before him, flourishing his bludgeon.
  • Extract from : « The Californians » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

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