walking stick

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noun

a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.

Also walk·ing·stick. Also called stick insect. any of several insects of the family Phasmidae, having a long, slender, twiglike body.

Nearby words

walking leaf, walking line, walking on water, walking papers, walking shorts, walking stick, walking ticket, walking wounded, walking-around money, walkman, walkout

Origin of walking stick

First recorded in 1570–80

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Examples from the Web for walking stick

He had a walking-stick made of the heart of sugar-pine; this he put at his side.
Creation Myths of Primitive America|Jeremiah Curtin
This projectile was discharged from a powerful air-gun—the walking-stick form—provided with a force-pump and key.
The Red Thumb Mark|R. Austin Freeman
Let me reach the age at which I have to take up a walking-stick!
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)|Carl Lumholtz
Mr. Dootleby threw open his coat, tightened his grasp on his walking-stick, and said, very quietly: "What are you doing?"
Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York|Lemuel Ely Quigg

"You carry those things as easy as a walking-stick," Wakefield observed, ready to reciprocate in point of compliments.
Peak and Prairie|Anna Fuller

British Dictionary definitions for walking stick

walking stick

noun

a stick or cane carried in the hand to assist walking

the usual US name for stick insect

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walking stick

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walking stick

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