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walking stick
noun
1
: a straight rod or stick (as of wood or aluminum) that is used to provide stability in walking or hiking
2
: stick insect
especially
: one (Diapheromera femorata) of the U.S. and Canada
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Charles also sported a walking stick at the Royal Windsor Horse Show where he was seen talking with it to his brother Prince Edward and to football legend David Beckham.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 May 2025
Wearing a suit by the designer, Khan also sported one of the night’s perfect dandy accessories, a walking stick, conceptualized by Mukherjee to feature a Bengal tiger in 18-karat gold and embellished with tourmalines, sapphires, old mine-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
The same kind of nationwide monitoring by amateur naturalists doesn’t exist for less charismatic insects such as walking sticks.
—Eliza Grames, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Russian troops on walking sticks were targeted on the front line in Ukraine, a battlefield video appears to show.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 22 May 2025
Wearing a suit by the designer, Khan also sported one of the night’s perfect dandy accessories, a walking stick, conceptualized by Mukherjee to feature a Bengal tiger in 18-karat gold and embellished with tourmalines, sapphires, old mine-cut and brilliant-cut diamonds.
—Laurie Brookins, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2025
The same kind of nationwide monitoring by amateur naturalists doesn’t exist for less charismatic insects such as walking sticks.
—Eliza Grames, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2025
Russian troops on walking sticks were targeted on the front line in Ukraine, a battlefield video appears to show.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for walking stick
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“Walking stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/walking%20stick. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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