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shillelagh (n.)
"cudgel," 1772, earlier, "oak wood used to make cudgels" (1670s), from
Shillelagh
, town and barony, famous for its oaks, in County Wicklow, Ireland. The name is literally "seeds (or descendants) of
Elach
, from Irish
siol
"seed."
