devil's-walking-stick

[dev-uhlz-waw-king-stik]

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noun

Hercules-club.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of devil's-walking-stick¹

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30

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Example Sentences

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That devil’s-walking-stick wit was famous at the University of Alabama, where Lee ran the college humor magazine and wrote a regular column for the student newspaper called “Caustic Comment.”