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truncheon

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Source Word

truncheon

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈtɹʌntʃən/

Noun

obsolete euphemistic

(obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance. / (obsolete) The shaft of a spear. / A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

Japanese Meaning

（古語）何かから折れた破片、特に槍やランスの折れた部分 / （古語）槍の柄部分 / 短い棒、棍棒、または警棒として使われる棒状の物

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

歴史家は注意深く折れた槍の破片を調べ、そのささくれた先端を見てかつて槍の一部だったと結論づけた。

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Sense（1）

(obsolete) A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.

Therewith asunder in the midst it brast, / And in his hand nought but the troncheon left[…].

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Sense（2）

(obsolete) The shaft of a spear.

Sense（3）

A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

with his troncheon he so rudely stroke / Cymochles twise

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Sense（4）

A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword / The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe / Become them with one half so good a grace / As mercy does.

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Sense（5）

(obsolete) A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

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Sense（6）

(euphemistic) A penis.

Then, being on his knees between my legs, he drew up his shirt and bared all his hairy thighs, and stiff staring truncheon, red-topt and rooted into a thicket of curls

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truncheons

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