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baton
noun
1 the conductor stopped the orchestra with a tap of his baton:
stick, rod, staff, wand, bar.
2 riot policemen swinging batons:
truncheon, club, cudgel, bludgeon, stick, bat, mace;
North American nightstick, blackjack;
in Ireland shillelagh;
British, informal cosh.
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