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Definition of Singlesticks
1. singlestick [n] - See also: singlestick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Singlesticks
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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