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cleft sticks

cleft sticks is the plural of cleft stick.

Meaning of cleft stick

Noun

cleft stick (plural cleft sticks)

  1. A stick with a split at one end, once used by runners to carry written messages

Questions about cleft sticks

What is cleft sticks the plural of?
Cleft sticks is the plural of cleft stick.

Words near cleft sticks in the dictionary

  1. cleft palate
  2. cleft palates
  3. cleft sentence
  4. cleft sentences
  5. cleft stick
  6. cleft sticks
  7. clefted
  8. cleftgraft
  9. cleftgrafted
  10. cleftgrafting
  11. cleftgrafts

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