crabstick

The rider applied the crabstick more vigorously than before.
Self-control|Mary Brunton
What an old crabstick like me can see in you is just the very last thing that a dainty young girl wants.
Love and Intrigue|Friedrich Schiller
Crabstick would go down and fetch for her a cup of tea,—and just a morsel of something to eat.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope
Lizzie jumped out of bed, and admitted her friend, admitting also Patience Crabstick.
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope

All which Crabstick knew, and would often declare her missus to be "of all missuses the most slyest and least come-at-able."
The Eustace Diamonds|Anthony Trollope

British Dictionary definitions for crabstick

crabstick

/ (ˈkræbˌstɪk) /

noun

a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood

informal a bad-tempered person

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