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walking stick
noun
- a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- Also walking·stick. Also called stick insect. any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body.
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Origin of walking stick1
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Example Sentences
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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