Synonyms for nightstick
| Grammar : Noun |
Top 10 synonyms for nightstick Other synonyms for the word nightstick
Définition of nightstick
Origin :- also night-stick, 1887, from night + stick (n.). So called because it was carried on night patrols.
- As in baton : noun stick used for conducting or for protection
- As in club : noun bat, stick
- As in cudgel : noun baton for hitting
- He clutched his nightstick and scowled out from under the brim of his uniform cap.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
- His next aim was better; but this time the nightstick didn't connect.
- Extract from : « Shorty McCabe on the Job » by Sewell Ford
- Kelly's nightstick got his pneumonia gas jet, or whatever you call it.
- Extract from : « The Voice on the Wire » by Eustace Hale Ball
- The policeman's nightstick was getting more and more irritated.
- Extract from : « Young People's Pride » by Stephen Vincent Benet
- He'd done nearly five blocks before a flatfoot steps out of a doorway and waves a nightstick at him.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- At the bottom of the stair the policeman rapped on a door with his nightstick, a good loud rap.
- Extract from : « The Boy With the U.S. Census » by Francis Rolt-Wheeler
- The policeman, although nonchalantly swinging a nightstick, appeared to be watching him.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Jimmie Dale » by Frank L. Packard
- Oliver noticed with an inane distinctness that he had started to swirl his nightstick as a large blue cat might switch its tail.
- Extract from : « Young People's Pride » by Stephen Vincent Benet
- A big smile on his face and the splintered remains of his nightstick still stuck in his fist.
- Extract from : « Arm of the Law » by Harry Harrison
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