cudgels

This he took for a favour, and so laid down the cudgels, that is to say, the pen; I say, he took if for a favour, and a mighty one it was, if he had known all.

Moll Flanders 2003

This he took for a favour, and so laid down the cudgels, that is to say, the pen; I say, he took if for a favour, and a mighty one it was, if he had known all.

The Fortunes And Misfortunes Of The Famous Moll Flanders Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 1923

This he took for a favour, and so laid down the cudgels, that is to say, the pen; I say, he took if for a favour, and a mighty one it was, if he had known all.

The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders Daniel Defoe 1696

Still the two most traditional English weapons are fists and cudgels and frankly if I had to fight somebody and was given the choice of Scout knife or cudgel, I'd take the stick!

Scouts Ban Knives in Great Britain 2009

Swords rose from scabbards and cudgels from belts.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

On the floor of the Senate, Orrin Hatch of Utah took up the cudgels to berate the president about the Gospels.

Clay Farris Naff: Jesus Concerned About The Poor? You Must Be Joking, Says The Christian Right Clay Farris Naff 2012

On the floor of the Senate, Orrin Hatch of Utah took up the cudgels to berate the president about the Gospels.

Clay Farris Naff: Jesus Concerned About The Poor? You Must Be Joking, Says The Christian Right Clay Farris Naff 2012

Still the two most traditional English weapons are fists and cudgels and frankly if I had to fight somebody and was given the choice of Scout knife or cudgel, I'd take the stick!

Scouts Ban Knives in Great Britain 2009

Not one man but two armed with cudgels have spotted us from the High Street and are sprinting toward the footpath.

Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011

Seamen stepped forward, cutlasses and cudgels raised.

GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011