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white stick

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noun

  1. a walking stick used by a blind person for feeling the way: painted white as a sign to others that the person is blind

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The couple were mostly identified taking photos and videos, and Scott Christensen was communicating on a walkie-talkie and carrying a long white stick.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022

He then waves a small white stick next to my face.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2022

Blind since birth, Jamet has for years used a white stick to get around.

From Reuters • Sep. 24, 2021

Tellingly, the cover of the exhibition catalog is embossed with a white stick figure wielding a paintbrush.

From New York Times • Sep. 13, 2021

On the floor next to May lay a large blue and red circle with a white stick.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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