walking stick

plural walking sticks · alternative walking-stick · alternative walkingstick

1. A tool, such as a cane, used to ease pressure on the legs, and to aid stability, when walking.

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   It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side.

   1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “His Own People”, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC, page 6

2. A stick insect (order Phasmida).

   Synonyms: alpenstock, cane, staff

3. slangcard gamesA playing card with the rank of seven.