crabstick
Origin of crabstick
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How to use crabstick in a sentence
The rider applied the crabstick more vigorously than before.
Self-control | Mary BruntonWhat 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 Schillercrabstick would go down and fetch for her a cup of tea,—and just a morsel of something to eat.
The Eustace Diamonds | Anthony TrollopeLizzie jumped out of bed, and admitted her friend, admitting also Patience crabstick.
The Eustace Diamonds | Anthony TrollopeAll 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
/ (ˈkræbˌstɪk) /
a stick, cane, or cudgel made of crab-apple wood
informal a bad-tempered person
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