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Club (weapon)

A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon or tool since prehistory. There are several examples of blunt-force trauma caused by clubs in the past, including at the site of Nataruk in Turkana, Kenya, described as the scene of a…

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this category of policing weapon has generally been filled by some form of wooden club variously termed a truncheoninstance ofwhen alternatives0.80text
batoninstance ofwhen alternatives0.80text
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Wemba-Wembainstance ofThe name comes from Kulin languages0.80text
Woiwurrunginstance ofThe name comes from Kulin languages0.80text

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