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- noun Plural form of
cudgel . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
cudgel .
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Examples
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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Swords rose from scabbards and cudgels from belts.
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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
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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
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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!
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Not one man but two armed with cudgels have spotted us from the High Street and are sprinting toward the footpath.
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Seamen stepped forward, cutlasses and cudgels raised.
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