He was described by Rory as a "walkingstick" -- slender, but very "knobby" -- with a pair of mustaches and an eye-glass. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches — Complete] Reference
I walk around using a walkingstick (I walk short distances unaided). From Wordnik.com. [Blogging About Disabilities « Lorelle on WordPress] Reference
Before he got to Bramley a specious byway snapped him up, ran with him for half a mile or more, and dropped him as a terrier drops a walkingstick, upon the Portsmouth again, a couple of miles from Godalming. From Wordnik.com. [The Wheels of Chance: a bicycling idyll] Reference
A very handsome walkingstick, perfect for monochrome. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
Assassin Bugs six legs, scorpion end, black & red/orange, walks like a walkingstick. From Wordnik.com. [What's That Bug?] Reference
"Yes, sir," replied the man, "I took his hat and his walkingstick, if that's what you mean.". From Wordnik.com. [The Clue of the Twisted Candle] Reference
The Caliph Omars walkingstick struck more terror into those who saw it than another mans sword. From Wordnik.com. [III. Essays. Man the Reformer. A Lecture Read before the Mechanics Apprentices Library Association, Boston, January 25, 1841] Reference
This enables them to climb a variety of surfaces, including glass. some examples of northern walkingstick eggs. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
If, however, it is an insect that does not fly, like a walkingstick, you will be given no option whatsoever but be forced to release it!. From Wordnik.com. [IGN Complete] Reference
The newly hatched eggs in leaf litter hatch in May and June (around 9 months). an example of a nothern walkingstick that is more than one color and that can stick to grass. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
It was a proud thing, too, for a little dog, to walk out with the sergeant's shining boots and twirled walkingstick, and be introduced into one strange place after another all around the Castle. From Wordnik.com. [Greyfriars Bobby] Reference
A walking stick is a stick that walks, and the phrase might occur as a metaphorical description of a stiffly behaved person: a walking-stick or walkingstick is a stick for walking; the difference may sometimes be important, and consistency may be held to require that all compounds with gerunds should be hyphened or made into single words. From Wordnik.com. [Hyphens.] Reference
A northern walkingstick matching its suroundings by turning green in a green leaf. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
You actually believe ...” thus the walkingstick on the right – hand side next the waves seemed to be asserting as it cut long straight stripes upon the sand. From Wordnik.com. [A Haunted House, and other short stories] Reference
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