Definition of Singlesticks

1. Noun. (plural of singlestick) ¹

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Definition of Singlesticks

1. singlestick [n] - See also: singlestick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Singlesticks

singlehandedly
singlehood
singleism
singleleaf
singlely
singleminded
singlemindedly
singleness
singlenesses
singleplayer
singles
singles bar
singles charts
singles out
singlestick
singlesticks (current term)
singlet
singlet oxygen
singlet state
singletail
singletails
singletary pea
singleton
singletons
singletrack
singletracks
singletree
singletrees
singlets
singleworld

Literary usage of Singlesticks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Reports of the Navy Department: Report of the Secretary of the Navy by United States Navy Dept (1897)
"Instruction at revolvers, signals, singlesticks, lead, log, boats under oars. Sent crew of Naval Militia over the masthead. August 10—9.30 to 11.45 am: ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"... or else that the umpire arbitrated between men who fought with singlesticks. Both assertions are mere inventions; and a stickle is not a stick at all, ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Gortz and Fips were all the time lunging at each other with a pair of singlesticks, the barrister having a very strong notion that he was Richard the Third. ..."

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