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Search phrase: cudgel

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CoriolanusCor IV.v.153have strucken him with a cudgel, and yet my mind gavehaue stroken him with a Cudgell, and yet my minde gaue
HamletHam V.i.56Cudgel thy brains no more about it, forCudgell thy braines no more about it; for
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.85'Sblood, an he were here I would cudgel him like a dogand if hee were heere, I would cudgell him like a Dogge,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.107cudgel you.cudgell you.
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.iii.137would cudgel you.would cudgell you.
Henry VH5 V.i.49Quiet thy cudgel, thou dost see I eat.Quiet thy Cudgell, thou dost see I eate.
Henry VH5 V.i.62cudgels – you shall be a woodmonger, and buy nothingCudgels, you shall be a Woodmonger, and buy nothing
Henry VH5 V.i.63of me but cudgels. God bye you, and keep you, and healof me but cudgels: God bu'y you, and keepe you, &heale
Henry VH5 V.i.73he could not therefore handle an English cudgel. Youhe could not therefore handle an English Cudgell: you
Henry VH5 V.i.81Honour is cudgelled. Well, bawd I'll turn,honour is Cudgeld. Well, Baud Ile turne,
Henry VH5 V.i.84And patches will I get unto these cudgelled scars,And patches will I get vnto these cudgeld scarres,
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.19As much as one sound cudgel of four foot – As much as one sound Cudgell of foure foote,
King JohnKJ II.i.464Our ears are cudgelled; not a word of hisOur eares are cudgel'd, not a word of his
King JohnKJ V.ii.138To cudgel you and make you take the hatch,To cudgell you, and make you take the hatch,
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.ii.62Do I look like a cudgel or a hovel-post, aDo I look like a cudgell or a houell-post, a
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW II.ii.266stare him out of his wits. I will awe him with my cudgel;stare him out of his wits: I will awe-him with my cudgell:
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.84cudgel, and the devil guide his cudgel afterwards!cudgell: and the diuell guide his cudgell afterwards.
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.ii.192I'll have the cudgel hallowed and hungIle haue the cudgell hallow'd, and hung
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW IV.v.88how my transformation hath been washed and cudgelled,how my transformation hath beene washd, and cudgeld,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.113cudgel, and twenty pounds of money, which must becudgell, and twenty pounds of money, which must be
Much Ado About NothingMA V.iv.111Beatrice, that I might have cudgelled thee out of thyBeatrice, yt I might haue cudgel'd thee out of thy
OthelloOth II.iii.356cudgelled; and I think the issue will be, I shall have soCudgell'd: And I thinke the issue will bee, I shall haue so
Troilus and CressidaTC III.iii.248and is so prophetically proud of an heroical cudgellingand is so prophetically proud of an heroicall cudgelling,
Twelfth NightTN II.v.130Ay, or I'll cudgel him and make him cry O.I, or Ile cudgell him, and make him cry O.

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Glossary

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ballowcudgel, stick
bastinadocudgelling, beating with a stick [esp. on the soles of the feet]
batcudgel, staff, stick
billetthick stick, cudgel
dry-beatcudgel, thrash, beat soundly
long-stafflong cudgel, quarterstaff
truncheonthick club, stout cudgel
truncheoncudgel, beat with a truncheon
truncheonerclub-wielder, cudgel-carrier

Thesaurus

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cudgelballow
cudgelbat
cudgelbillet
cudgeltruncheon
cudgeldry-beat
cudgel, longlong-staff
cudgel, stouttruncheon
cudgel-carriertruncheoner
cudgellingbastinado

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Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
CUDGELBASICcudgel n, cudgel v, cudgelled adj, cudgelling n

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