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alpenstocks

alpenstocks is the plural of alpenstock.

Meaning of alpenstock

Noun

alpenstock (plural alpenstocks)

  1. A stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.
    • […]liaison being leaked to Der Spiegel resulted in the bizarre deaths of both an Ottawan paparazzo and a Bavarian international-affairs editor, of an alpenstock through the abdomen and an ill-swallowed cocktail onion, respectively?’1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 30

Questions about alpenstocks

What is alpenstocks the plural of?
Alpenstocks is the plural of alpenstock.

Words near alpenstocks in the dictionary

  1. alpenrose
  2. alpenroses
  3. alpenstock
  4. alpenstocker
  5. alpenstockers
  6. alpenstocks
  7. Alper
  8. Alperin
  9. Alperins
  10. Alpers
  11. Alpers' disease

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