Meanings
plural firesticks
- A stick burning, or with hot embers, at one end, taken from a fire.
Newton used a fire-stick a yard long to light his pipe.
1963, Arthur Upfield, The Lake Frome Monster, London: Pan Books, published 1969, page 72 - In traditional cultures, a smouldering stick used to transport fire from one place to another.
If you did not stop, you ricked a firestick into the load and they were pretty good at it, believe me.
2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 75
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