swordstick
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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At novel's start, Mac still has his gang, though none but his intimate henchmen know it, and while he carries a swordstick cane, he is prudent enough never to use it.
From Time Magazine Archive
At about half-past one on a February night he found himself steaming in a small tug up the silent Thames, armed with swordstick and revolver, the duly elected Thursday of the Central Council of Anarchists.
From The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Talking of tools, you've got that swordstick, Flambeau, you always carry?
From The Wisdom of Father Brown by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Suddenly he snatches his walking stick from the teak table, and draws it; for it is a swordstick.
From Heartbreak House by Shaw, Bernard
He himself possessed a very murderous-looking swordstick which he had once bought in Paris.
From The Heart of a Woman by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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