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walking stick

noun

  1. a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
  2. Also walking·stick. Also called stick insect. any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body.


walking stick

noun

  1. a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking
  2. the usual US name for stick insect


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Word History and Origins

Origin of walking stick1

First recorded in 1570–80

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Example Sentences

These portable fans sit comfortably around your neck so you can keep your hands on the steering wheel, tongs, walking stick, oar, etc.

Records identified by prosecutors indicate Barnett bought a 950,000-volt stun gun walking stick at a Bass Pro Shop in Arkansas five days before he traveled to Washington.

So, these were animals I was spending all day long with, just following around with a walking stick thing, which every now and then would turn into a blow gun and get somebody in the rear when he wasn’t looking.

He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.

“You are a spy,” she screams, waving first her walking stick and then a bunch of dill at me.

By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall.

Had they to return to purgatory by themselves—had the heavy white walking-stick to walk off without its owner?

Following the example of many other parsons, he likes a closely-buttoned coat and a walking stick.

The dog does not like the corner where the walking-stick stands.

They got up swiftly and silently, and crept to the walking stick.

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