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trapstick en · NOUN

Etymology

From trap + stick.

Meanings

1. A stick used in playing the game of trapball.
2. (dated, figuratively) A slender leg.
   • These had made a foolish swop between a couple of thick bandy legs and two long trapsticks that had no calves to them 1714 July 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “THURSDAY, June 25, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 559; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

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