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Noun: shillelagh  shi'ley-lu or shi'ley-lee
Usage: Ireland
  1. A cudgel made of hardwood (usually oak or blackthorn)
    "He brandished his shillelagh during the St. Patrick's Day parade";
    - shillalah [Ireland]

Derived forms: shillelaghs

Type of: cudgel

Encyclopedia: Shillelagh, County Wicklow