walking stick
Noun
Meaning
A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking.
A stick insect (order Phasmida).
(card games, slang) A playing card with the rank of seven.
walking-stick (plural walking-sticks)
Alternative spelling of walking stick
Alternative names
walking-stick
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Examples
When I am furious about something, I sometimes beat the ground or a tree with my walking stick. But I certainly do not believe that the ground is to blame or that my beating can help anything... And all rites are of this kind.
The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise than in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure.
It was my mustache that landed jobs for me. In those silent-film days it was the mark of a villain. When I realized they had me pegged as a foreign nobleman type I began to live the part, too. I bought a pair of white spats, an ascot tie and a walking stick.
When you have no companion, look to your walking stick.
A blind person does not forget his walking stick.
A fully grown up tree cannot be bent into a walking stick.