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Word: truncheon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2001-2001
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...defeat bad guys with the tools of domesticity: a mop, a bale of laundry and (ouch) an iron. Gasp as he kicks a billiard ball out of an end pocket, then swats it, cricket-bat-style, into a villain's cranium. See him use a desk drawer as a truncheon. He sneaks past a sentry's guardhouse outside the evil inspecteur's police station and, just to show he can, he rams his foot through his guardhouse door, neatly kicking the sentry in the groin. Inside, he chances upon 20 martial-arts students armed with clubs. Not a problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Jet-ting to Paris? Oui! | 7/30/2001 | See Source »

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