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cosh

help with synonyms  synonyms: life-preserver, neddy ???
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Definition:
a neddy, a life-preserver; any short, loaded bludgeon.

John Hotten. The Slang Dictionary (1913)
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"Perfectly capable—given a suitable instrument, such as a rubber truncheon or cosh."

Agatha Christie. And Then There Were None. p.103 (1939)
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You want Barlow? A good cosh could save a mighty trouble."
No," Pierce said. "That'll set them hounding for sure, a cosh would."

Michael Crichton. The Great Train Robbery, p186 (1975)
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