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Alpenstock

//ˈælp.ən.stɑk// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain.

    "[…]liaison being leaked to Der Spiegel resulted in the bizarre deaths of both an Ottawan paparazzo and a Bavarian international-affairs editor, of an alpenstock through the abdomen and an ill-swallowed cocktail onion, respectively?’"

  2. 2
    a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alpenstock, from Alpen (“alps”) + Stock (“stick”), early 19th c.

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