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mopstick en · NOUN

Etymology

From mop + stick.

Meanings

1. The long handle of a mop.
   • THE TWITCH is a short stick of strong ash, about the size of a mopstick, 1861, John Henry Walsh, The Horse in the Stable and in the Field:
2. (historical) In an old pianoforte movement, a rod that raises the damper as the key is depressed.

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