"propstick" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: propsticks [plural]
Etymology: prop + stick Etymology templates: {{compound|en|prop|stick}} prop + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} propstick (plural propsticks)
  1. Any stick or pole used to prop something up.
    Sense id: en-propstick-en-noun-phYquLBT
  2. Formerly, a forked stick used to raise the height of a clothesline with wet washing drying on it; a clothesprop.
    Sense id: en-propstick-en-noun-XEoJwa~l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prop-stick, prop stick

Inflected forms

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