Meanings
nounlocust stick (plural locust sticks)
plural locust sticks
- USobsoleteA type of truncheon formerly used by the New York City police force.First known use 19th–20th c.
People avoided places where at any moment the festivities might be marred by an inrush of large men in blue uniforms armed with locust-sticks.
1909 October – 1910 February, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “The Highfield”, in Psmith Journalist, London: A[dam] & C[harles] Black, […], published October 1923, →OCLC, page 95Synonyms: locust club
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of truncheon formerly used by the New York City police force.
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APA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “locust stick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/locust%20stick.
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