"stick frog" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stick frogs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stick frog (countable and uncountable, plural stick frogs)
  1. (uncountable) A game similar to mumblety peg. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-stick_frog-en-noun-OBPKzA9c Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 76 24
  2. (countable) A blunt, crudely-made knife. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-stick_frog-en-noun-PTDwtnuU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stickfrog, stick-frog

Inflected forms

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