truncheonedadj.
/ˈtrʌnʃənd/ Furnished or armed with a truncheon.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > with club or stick
truncheoned1762
bludgeoned1780
batoned1883
1762 O. Goldsmith Citizen of World II. 175 The brick dust man took up as much room as the truncheoned hero.
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 10 698 Truncheoned and uniformed as becomes a man of his military habits.
1839 Morning Herald 11 July The truncheoned police of the metropolis.
1883 H. Caine Cobwebs Crit. vii. 202 A city-marshal broke his leg..while walking truncheoned from the Mansion House.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1762- put the blocks to
- put the boot in
- put the bum on
- put the case
- put the cat among the pigeons
- put the change on
- put the change on a person
- put the change upon
- put the change upon a person
- put the clock back
- put the collar on
- put the come hither on a person
- put the comether on someone
- put the doctor upon
- put the doctor upon a person
- put the dor upon
- put the dots on the i's
- put the english on
- put the etc hand to
- put the fear of god into
- put the final hand to
- put the finger on
- put the finger on a person
- put the finishing hand stroke or touch
- put the finishing hand to