pike·staff

[pahyk-staf, -stahf]
noun, plural pike·staves [-steyvz] .
1.
the shaft of an infantry pike.
2.
a foot traveler's staff with a metal point or spike at the lower end.

Origin:
1325–75; Middle English pykstaf. See pike5, staff1

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pikestaff (ˈpaɪkˌstɑːf) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the wooden handle of a pike

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Pikestaff is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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