Meaning & use
Billy club
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A short, heavy wooden or rubber club, traditionally carried by police officers for self-defense and crowd control.
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The officer carried a billy club on his belt during the night patrol.
Old photographs show protesters facing rows of police wielding billy clubs.
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"Billy" as a slang term for a club dates to 19th-century Britain, possibly from the common name used generically for tools.
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