devil's-walking-stick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of devil's-walking-stick
An Americanism dating back to 1925–30
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.”
From The New Yorker
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