Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument formerly used to adjust the plaits of ruffs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A small stick or rod of steel, formerly used in adjusting the plaits of ruffs.
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Examples
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There was also something about a "poking-stick"a stick with the sole purpose of jabbing people but I forget what that was all about...
About Mysteries Shirley Damsgaard 2009
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Keep this in mind next time you think about picking up the poking-stick.
random thoughts on human behavior suricattus 2005
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"I'll attend to it myself," said George, rising from his chair, at one end of the big fireplace, and stirring the glowing coals in the brick oven with the hard-wood "poking-stick."
Little Grandmother Sophie May 1869
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P. 14, l. 10, poating sticke.] -- Or _poking-stick_, an instrument for setting the plaits of ruffs.
Kemps Nine Daies Wonder Performed in a Daunce from London to Norwich William Kemp 1833
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