noun
a rod for stirring highballs and cocktails in the glass.
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Origin of swizzle stick
First recorded in 1875–80
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How to use swizzle stick in a sentence
Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
He wore white gloves, a dignified long black coat, and matching pants and vest, and he carried a dark walking stick.
After some animated debate at the conference, Lelaie declared, with some frustration, “If you push on the stick, you will fly.”
The birds poop all over the forest, and thanks to the viscin, the mistletoe seeds in said poop stick to branches.
And for Larry Flynt, this might be a monumental opportunity to stick it to the dictator the best way he knows how.
You see, they always butter their chairs so that they won't stick fast when they sit down.
Whoever succeeded in getting the ring on his stick won the game, and carried the prize home as a sign of victory.
By using his walking stick he discovered that they formed a trail to a point in the wall.
I am not informed further; but inasmuch as you are living on the place, my advice is that you stick right there, and hold it.
The last time I tried it, I caught the end of my stick between two rocks and it broke.
British Dictionary definitions for swizzle stick
noun
a small rod used to agitate an effervescent drink to facilitate the escape of carbon dioxide
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