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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : bluhj-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌdʒ ən |
Définition of bludgeon
Origin :- 1802, from earlier noun bludgeon "short club" (1730), of unknown origin. Related: Bludgeoned; bludgeoning.
- noun weapon
- The majesty of the law in his hands becomes at once a bludgeon and a pandemonium.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Thereupon Panaumbe brandished his bludgeon, struck all the foxes, and killed them.
- Extract from : « Aino Folk-Tales » by Basil Hall Chamberlain
- The smashing of a face by an Indian's bludgeon is a serious operation.
- Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
- Then you bludgeon Losch with the idea it was a person Carmack had reason to fear!
- Extract from : « We're Friends, Now » by Henry Hasse
- Strickland employed not the rapier of sarcasm but the bludgeon of invective.
- Extract from : « The Moon and Sixpence » by W. Somerset Maugham
- You are only a footpad, a simple-minded marquis of the bludgeon.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- The Lapp in an instant was on his skees armed with his bludgeon.
- Extract from : « The Land of the Long Night » by Paul du Chaillu
- He had no bludgeon, no revolver, yet he impressed Jones almost as much as he impressed the other.
- Extract from : « The Man Who Lost Himself » by H. De Vere Stacpoole
- The chest and sides looked as if they had been beaten with a bludgeon.
- Extract from : « The Damned Thing » by Ambrose Bierce
- Their feet lagged, and he shoved them before him, flourishing his bludgeon.
- Extract from : « The Californians » by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton
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