shillaly

"Just be after letting me put me shillaly against one of them," he chuckled.

Rival Pitchers of Oakdale Morgan Scott

'Waiting for a frind is it?' replied Dennis; 'but where is yer shillaly thin?'

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Various

Patrick, and, upon his evidence chiefly, the said McFadgin was convicted on three several indictments for testing the strength of his shillaly on the craniums of as many citizens; albeit, Patrick vehemently protested that he was only in fun, "and afther running a rig on the boys for amusement, on a sportive occasion of being married to a female woman - his prisint wife."

The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853

PATRICK McFADGIN found himself indicted in the Circuit Court of Pickens County, for indulging in sundry Hibernian pastimes, whereby his superflux of animal and ardent spirits exercised themselves and his shillaly, to the annoyance of the good and peaceable citizens and burghers of the village of Pickensville, at to wit, in said county.

The flush times of Alabama and Mississippi : a series of sketches, 1853

While he held on with one hand, in the other he flourished a formidable shillaly, which he usually carried, as he declared, in order to keep the peace when more warlike weapons could not be used.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Suddenly uttering a wild Irish shout, he sprang over the heads of his bearers, and with a whirl of his shillaly, scattering those who attempted to stop him, he darted down a narrow lane, the end of which they were passing at the time, and disappeared from sight.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

While three of their number remained at a respectful distance from the heavy end of the shillaly to prevent Paddy from escaping, the others went off, as I supposed, for a ladder and further assistance.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Every now and then the watchmen made a rush at him with their cudgels, the blows from which his faithful shillaly enabled him to ward off, and occasionally to bestow a pretty heavy tap on the heads of the most daring of his assailants.

The Three Lieutenants William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

Also back there are an assortment of odd cubby holes which provide homes for some of the better liquor bottles as well as a mean-looking shillaly hanging from a hook-though I think it's probably reached for as seldom as the fancy booze is.

Eater National Lost City 2010

Sure, St. Pathrick himself couldn't touch him with a shillaly. "

A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route Florence Kimball Russel