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swordstick

swordstick noun: a cane incorporating a concealed blade.

Noun

swordstick (plural swordsticks)

  1. A cane incorporating a concealed blade.
    • In Gormenghast Swelter's kitchen boy Steerpike also ends his murderous life, pierced by a knife, in the temporary waters of the flooded castle. Steerpike can be understood as an imitator of his former kitchen master Swelter, his slim swordstick a thin copy of Swelter's cleaver.2005, Alice Mills, Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake, page 82

swordstick meaning in Punjabi

swordstick in Punjabi

swordstick
ਗੁਪਤੀ guptī

Forms of swordstick

pluralswordsticks

Origin of swordstick

From sword + stick.

Questions about swordstick

What does swordstick mean?
Swordstick means a cane incorporating a concealed blade.
What is swordstick in Punjabi?
Swordstick in Punjabi is ਗੁਪਤੀ (guptī). See Swordstick meaning in Punjabi.
What part of speech is swordstick?
Swordstick is a noun.
What is the plural of swordstick?
The plural of swordstick is swordsticks.

Words near swordstick in the dictionary

  1. swordspeople
  2. swordsperson
  3. swordspersons
  4. swordster
  5. swordsters
  6. swordstick
  7. swordsticks
  8. swordstress
  9. swordstresses
  10. swordswoman
  11. swordswomanship

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Adapted from Wiktionary: swordstick (page history and authors); ਗੁਪਤੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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