Definitions for shillelaghs

shillelaghs shil·le·lagh

Spelling: [shuh-ley-lee, -luh]
IPA: /ʃəˈleɪ li, -lə/

Shillelaghs is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 328 anagrams from letters in shillelaghs (aeghhilllss).

Definitions for shillelaghs

noun

  1. a cudgel, traditionally of blackthorn or oak.

Origin of shillelaghs

First recorded in 1670-80, shillelagh is from the Irish word Síol Éiligh town in Co. Wicklow; the adjoining forest provided wood for the clubs

Examples for shillelaghs

More Irish than the Irish though he is known to be, he has for the moment sheathed his shillelagh.

Yet how mountaineer without ballads any more than without a shillelagh?

In Sartene the fashionable weapon, however, is no firearm, but a heavy knobbed stick akin to an Irishman's shillelagh.

Saying which, he flourished his shillelagh before the slipper merchant's face, and then gave him a smart tap on his head.

His bludgeon, or—considering his present connection—may we say his shillelagh?

One of the Finest Pisantry (in custody, having had a shillelagh difference with a fellow-countryman).

At last a ruffian with his shillelagh struck Barney over the thigh.

When the shillelagh was ready, other preparations were quickly completed.

The Celtic element in literature is extremely valuable, but there is absolutely no excuse for shrieking ‘shillelagh!’

The best material in Ireland was found in the woods that surround the ancient little village of shillelagh—hence the name.

Word Value for shillelaghs
Scrable

17

Words with friends

19

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