attitude-adjuster

attitude-adjuster

A club that can be used to make people comply, often a police officer's baton. Although the officer threatened to use his attitude-adjuster, the group of teens didn't seem remotely scared. In the midst of the chaos was a police officer using his attitude-adjuster to try to direct traffic.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

attitude-adjuster

n. a police officer’s nightstick; any club. Andy had a black attitude-adjuster hanging from his belt, and I wasn’t going to argue with him.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • attitude
  • under the baton of
  • devil-may-care attitude
  • cop an attitude
  • a cool head
  • cool head
  • have a bad attitude
  • tude
  • sing a different song
  • sing a different tune
References in periodicals archive
"It's the best attitude-adjuster I've ever come across in all my years in the trade.
GET OUT OF MY PUB IF YOU ARE BRAHMS AND LISZT!
The Birmingham Chamber of Commerce PR triumvirate of the aforementioned Lord Lamb, Roger 'the Baron' Monkman (who once almost drove over his own head) and the utterly inimitable Tony 'Spasm the Butler' Bell were always only a telephone call away from a few attitude-adjusters at Hort's Wine Bar or the Old Joint Stock.
Goodbye to all that - and to this
FOR those who have difficulty finding your way home after one or two attitude-adjusters at the local, the story of the swift is quite remarkable.
Our feathered friends in need of some swift help