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locust stick

locust stick noun: a type of truncheon formerly used by the New York City police force.

Noun

locust stick (plural locust sticks)

  1. (US, obsolete) A type of truncheon formerly used by the New York City police force.
    • People avoided places where at any moment the festivities might be marred by an inrush of large men in blue uniforms armed with locust-sticks.1909 October – 1910 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Highfield”, in Psmith Journalist, London: A[dam] & C[harles] Black, […], published October 1923, →OCLC, page 95
    Synonyms:
    locust club

Synonyms of locust stick

  • locust club

Forms of locust stick

plurallocust sticks

Questions about locust stick

What does locust stick mean?
Locust stick means a type of truncheon formerly used by the New York City police force.
What part of speech is locust stick?
Locust stick is a noun.
What is the plural of locust stick?
The plural of locust stick is locust sticks.

Words near locust stick in the dictionary

  1. locust bean gum
  2. locust bean gums
  3. locust beans
  4. locust borer
  5. locust borers
  6. locust stick
  7. locust tree
  8. locust trees
  9. Locust Valley
  10. locusta
  11. locustae

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