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Definition of Crabstick
1. n. A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the crab tree.
Definition of Crabstick
1. Noun. A cudgel, originally made of crab-tree wood, hence any similar club. ¹
2. Noun. A crabby, ill-tempered person. ¹
3. Noun. A processed food, made of surimi shaped to resemble the legs of a crab. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Crabstick
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crabstick
Literary usage of Crabstick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Good-fellow's Calendar, and Almanack of Perpetual Jocularity: Containing (1826)
"I'll insure A lasting cure In Russia's native crabstick ! With magic wand he
struck the earth ... Long essay'd On jilt and jade Be Bullets magic crabstick ! ..."
2. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1867)
"I'll ensure A lasting cure In Russia's native crabstick! With magic wand he struck
the earth, The husband's consolation ; Dispense, quoth he, thou legal man ..."
3. Anglers' Evenings by Manchester Anglers' Association (1883)
"BY crabstick. WAS, one May, spending the week I have hitherto been fortunate
enough to get for the spring fishing, at Crook, by the Tweed, with three old ..."
4. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1867)
"I'll ensure A lasting cure In Russia's native crabstick! • With magic wand he
struck the earth, The husband's consolation ; Dispense, quoth he, ..."
5. The Good-fellow's Calendar, and Almanack of Perpetual Jocularity: Containing (1826)
"I'll insure A lasting cure In Russia's native crabstick ! With magic wand he
struck the earth ... Long essay'd On jilt and jade Be Bullets magic crabstick ! ..."
6. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1867)
"I'll ensure A lasting cure In Russia's native crabstick! With magic wand he struck
the earth, The husband's consolation ; Dispense, quoth he, thou legal man ..."
7. Anglers' Evenings by Manchester Anglers' Association (1883)
"BY crabstick. WAS, one May, spending the week I have hitherto been fortunate
enough to get for the spring fishing, at Crook, by the Tweed, with three old ..."
8. Noctes Ambrosianæ by John Wilson, Robert Shelton Mackenzie, James Hogg, William Maginn, John Gibson Lockhart (1867)
"I'll ensure A lasting cure In Russia's native crabstick! • With magic wand he
struck the earth, The husband's consolation ; Dispense, quoth he, ..."
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