cudgel
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Noun — A thick, heavy stick used as a weapon.
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Etymology
Comes from Middle English kuggel, from Old English cyċġel ("a large stick, cudgel"), from Proto-West Germanic *kuggil, from Proto-Germanic *kuggilaz ("a knobbed instrument"), itself from Proto-Germanic *kuggǭ ("cog, swelling"), from Proto-Indo-European *gewgʰ- ("swelling, bow"), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- ("to bow,...
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