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BILLY CLUB
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Dictionary entry overview: What does billy club mean?
• BILLY CLUB (noun)
The noun BILLY CLUB has 1 sense:
1. a short stout club used primarily by policemen
Familiarity information: BILLY CLUB used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short stout club used primarily by policemen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
baton; billy; billy club; billystick; nightstick; truncheon
Hypernyms ("billy club" is a kind of...):
club (stout stick that is larger at one end)
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