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noun a club used as a weapon
verb overcome or coerce as if by using a heavy club
verb strike with a club or a bludgeon
originFirst attested in 1730. Origin uncertain, perhaps of Cornish origin (recorded as blogon c. 1450) or from Middle French bougeon, a diminutive of bouge (“club, stick”).
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