Synonyms for cudgel
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kuhj-uh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌdʒ əl |
Top 10 synonyms for cudgel Other synonyms for the word cudgel
Définition of cudgel
Origin :- Old English cycgel "club with rounded head;" perhaps from PIE root *geu- "to curve, bend."
- noun baton for hitting
- Down went the Dumb man, and away flew his cudgel from his hand as he fell.
- Extract from : « The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood » by Howard Pyle
- Hereupon the woman grew angry and struck at him with a cudgel.
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- But cudgel his brain as he would, he could only think of asking: 'Pray, what is your name?'
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- Coupeau had a cudgel, which he called his ass's fan, and he fanned his old woman.
- Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola
- “If it is to come to fighting,” said Pharaoh, gripping his cudgel.
- Extract from : « In the Days of Drake » by J. S. Fletcher
- It was no good news for me, for the Irish had long been devoted to the cudgel.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- The cudgel and knife of folks I could not understand were coming on me!
- Extract from : « Gilian The Dreamer » by Neil Munro
- They were all over fifty; one was much older, and leaned feebly on a cudgel.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- Let Young take up the cudgel, and I'll see what the church can do.
- Extract from : « Tess of the Storm Country » by Grace Miller White
- Kukova, a stick or cudgel, one end of which is bent and rounded like a ball.
- Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
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