forestick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of forestick
Example Sentences
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"No" "He aint?" said Mr. Plumfield, giving the forestick on the fire an energetic kick, which Fleda could not help thinking was mentally aimed at the said New Yorker.
From Queechy, Volume II by Susan Warner
"That 's so every time!" he would say, with a lunge at the forestick.
From The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
How long their silence might have continued but for an interruption, I do not know; but an interruption came in the breaking of the forestick, which had burned in two.
From A Man of Honor by George Cary Eggleston
Fire-dogs, forestick, etc., complete the arrangement, and the campfire is in shape for the coming night, precisely as shown in the engraving.
From Woodcraft by George Washington Sears
Nothin' ever made me madder Than fer Pap to stomp in, layin' In a' extra forestick, say'in', "Groun'-hog's out and seed his shadder!"
From Riley Farm-Rhymes by James Whitcomb Riley
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