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Down with this euphemism!!! A club is not a 'baton'!!!

 
 
izzythepush
 
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Reply Mon 5 Nov, 2012 08:33 am
@Lustig Andrei,
The only time I've ever heard the term 'billy-club,' is in Marvel's Daredevil.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Mon 5 Nov, 2012 08:38 am
I've heard billy-club before, but nightstick is, i think, more common among Americans. I have no beef with it, but i agree that the use of the term baton results from it's use by the media.
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