cudgel-play

When these men are nabbed, they give up their venture as soon as it goes beyond cudgel-play, and they never lie in wait for

Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

He unluckily took lessons in his youth in the noble science of defense, and having accomplished himself in the use of his limbs and his weapons, and become a perfect master at boxing and cudgel-play, he has had a troublesome life of it ever since.

John Bull 1914

The sports were of the sort characteristic of such a gathering -- wrestling and foot-races, target-shooting and bouts at cudgel-play and night-stick.

The Doomsman Van Tassel Sutphen 1903

A very ` tomrig and rump-scuttle, 'she knew only the sports of boys: her war-like spirit counted no excuse too slight for a battle; and so valiant a lad was she of her hands, so well skilled in cudgel-play, that none ever wrested a victory from fighting Moll.

A Book of Scoundrels 1896

A very 'tomrig and rump-scuttle,' she knew only the sports of boys: her war-like spirit counted no excuse too slight for a battle; and so valiant a lad was she of her hands, so well skilled in cudgel-play, that none ever wrested

A Book of Scoundrels Charles Whibley 1894

Berkshire and Somersetshire were the ancestral homes of cudgel-play, quarter-staff, and single-stick.

Old English Sports 1892

Here they held their rural sports, and fought their bouts of quarter-staff and cudgel-play, grinned through horse-collars, and played pipe and tabor at many a rustic feast, when life was young and

English Villages 1892

It is very fine and romantic to possess for your very own a finely tempered and trusty sword-blade, but whether it is the best weapon to counter with the common cudgel-play of Fate -- that's another question.

'Twixt Land and Sea Joseph Conrad 1890

Lewis either at back-sword, single falchion, or cudgel-play; but then he was very apt to quarrel with his best friends, especially if they pretended to govern him.

English Satires Various 1885

By these methods he had acquired immense riches, which he used to squander [177] away at back-sword, quarter-staff, and cudgel-play, in which he took great pleasure, and challenged all the country.

English Satires Various 1885