shillaly

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A form of shillelagh — A wooden (traditionally blackthorn (sloe) wood) club ending with a large knob.

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Meanings

nounshillaly (plural shillalies)

plural shillalies

  1. alternativeAlternative form of shillelagh.

    These are used in everyday life. The lubras feel the effect of them, if the husbands are in an angry mood; the children suffer also, and perhaps deserve it! And in a free fight, the waddy, like an Irishman's shillaly, figures very prominently.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 71
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