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propstick

propstick noun: any stick or pole used to prop something up.

Noun

propstick (plural propsticks)

  1. Any stick or pole used to prop something up.
  2. Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.
    • When the sun went down she could have seen the assiduous Squeaker lower the new prop-sticks and considerately stoop to gather the pegs his inconsiderate new mate had dropped.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 22

Forms of propstick

pluralpropsticks
alternative formprop-stick
alternative formprop stick

Origin of propstick

From prop + stick.

Questions about propstick

What does propstick mean?
Propstick means any stick or pole used to prop something up.
What part of speech is propstick?
Propstick is a noun.
What is the plural of propstick?
The plural of propstick is propsticks.

Words near propstick in the dictionary

  1. props up
  2. props up the bar
  3. propshaft
  4. propshafts
  5. Propst
  6. propstick
  7. propsticks
  8. Propsts
  9. propsychotic
  10. proptech
  11. propterygia

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