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propstick

noun

Etymology

From prop + stick.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to pierce, prick, be sharp”
  2. inherited from *stikkô✻
  3. inherited from *stikkō✻
  4. inherited from sticca
  5. inherited from stikke
  6. compounded as propstick — “prop + stick”

Definitions

  1. Any stick or pole used to prop something up.

  2. Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing…

    Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.

    • When the sun went down she could have seen the assiduous Squeaker lower the new prop-sticks and considerately stoop to gather the pegs his inconsiderate new mate had dropped.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA