Propstick
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Any stick or pole used to prop something up.
- 2 Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.
"When the sun went down she could have seen the assiduous Squeaker lower the new prop-sticks and considerately stoop to gather the pegs his inconsiderate new mate had dropped."
Example
More examples"When the sun went down she could have seen the assiduous Squeaker lower the new prop-sticks and considerately stoop to gather the pegs his inconsiderate new mate had dropped."
Etymology
From prop + stick.
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