"trapstick" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trapsticks [plural]
Etymology: From trap + stick. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|trap|stick}} trap + stick Head templates: {{en-noun}} trapstick (plural trapsticks)
  1. A stick used in playing the game of trapball.
    Sense id: en-trapstick-en-noun-jdmDzZuI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3
  2. (figuratively, dated) A slender leg. Tags: dated, figuratively
    Sense id: en-trapstick-en-noun-ioq5lEG9

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1714 July 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison], “FRIDAY, June 25, 1714”, in The Spectator, number 559; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume VI, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:",
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