shillelah

Variant of shillelagh

shillelagh definition

shil·lelagh or shillalah shil·la′·lah (s̸hi lā′lē, -lə)

noun

a club or cudgel: used chiefly of or by the Irish
also sp. shillelah shil·le′lah

Etymology: after Shillelagh, village in County Wicklow, Ireland, famous for its oaks and blackthorns

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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