Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In England, an officer of the royal palace, so called from the silvered wand which is his badge.
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Examples
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We had our silver-stick men with us; but still all made a sorry figure compared with the splendid
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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The old 'chobdâr', or silver-stick bearer, who came with us from the
Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official William Sleeman 1822
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Please, just go get a silver-stick and paper from the box and help me, would you? "
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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Please, just go get a silver-stick and paper from the box and help me, would you? "
The Silver Gryphon Lackey, Mercedes 1996
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