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trench sticks

trench sticks is the plural of trench stick.

Meaning of trench stick

Noun

trench stick (plural trench sticks)

  1. A type of baton or cane used by soldiers in military trenches, especially of the First World War, for manoeuvring and for basic combat.
    • Paid a visit to Sir Robert Garrett, whom I was glad to find looking just as well as in the old days when he used to trudge past my hut with his "trench-stick" in his hand.1859 January 30, William Howard Russell, My Diary in India

Questions about trench sticks

What is trench sticks the plural of?
Trench sticks is the plural of trench stick.

Words near trench sticks in the dictionary

  1. trench mortars
  2. trench mouth
  3. trench plate
  4. trench plates
  5. trench stick
  6. trench sticks
  7. trench sweeper
  8. trench sweepers
  9. Trench Town
  10. trench warfare
  11. trench-coated

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