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/wˈɔkɪŋ stɪk/ Listen

Walking stick

noun

A stick carried in the hand for support in walking.

Any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies. Synonyms: stick insect, walkingstick.

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"Walking stick" Quotes from Famous Books

... "trappe." As a rule the German uses for shooting deer and roebuck a German Mauser military rifle, but with the barrel cut down and a sporting stock with pistol grip added. On this there is a powerful telescope. Many Germans carry a "ziel-stock," a long walking stick from the bottom of which a tripod can be protruded and near the top a sort of handle piece of metal about as big as a little finger. When the German sportsman has sighted a roebuck he plants his aiming stick in the ground, rests the rifle on the side projection, carefully adjusts his telescope, ...

— Face to Face with Kaiserism • James W. Gerard

Words linked to "Walking stick" : Phasmatidae, family Phasmatidae, family Phasmidae, supplejack, phasmid insect, Phasmidae, stick, Diapheromera femorata, phasmid, diapheromera, cane