Plymouth Cloak(A). A good stout cudgel. In the time of the Crusades
many men of good family used to land at Plymouth utterly destitute.
They went to a neighbouring wood, cut themselves a good stout club,
and, stopping the first passenger that passed by, provided themselves
with money and clothing. ( Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Plymouth Cloak from Infoplease:
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