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n. - A long stick that a painter uses to support the hand holding the brush.

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Usage examples (8)
  • Making himself as large as possible, he gestured with his maulstick.
  • Whirling around, she grabbed the maulstick and slammed it into him, driving the al'ready half-unconscious mass into the cell bars.
  • The painter took his brushes and his pallet, and his maulstick.
  • "Let me look," she said, leaning back towards Denoisel and holding her maulstick and palette out in front of her.
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