hockey stick
noun
the stick used in field hockey or ice hockey.
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Origin of hockey stick
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby hockey stick
hocket, Hockett, hockey, hockey mom, hockey skate, hockey stick, Hocking, hockle, hock leg, Hockney, hockshop
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Example sentences from the Web for hockey stick
The hockey-stick was still in his grasp, and, with this outstretched, he flung himself flat on the ice and wriggled forward.
Under Boy Scout Colors|Joseph Bushnell AmesHe finished dinner early and, with skates and hockey-stick, rode briskly out to the lake.
Under Boy Scout Colors|Joseph Bushnell AmesThe shape and dimensions of the hockey-stick are entirely arbitrary, being left to the peculiar taste of the owners.
Whinnied at me, sir, when I asked him to get me a hockey-stick.
Hildegarde's Harvest|Laura E. Richards