baculine
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of baculine
1700–10; < Latin bacul ( um ) walking stick, staff + -ine 1
Example Sentences
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The baculine method was a quite common mode of argument in those days.
From The Virginians by Thackeray, William Makepeace
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