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devil's-walking-stick

dev·il's-walk·ing-stick
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dev-uh lz-waw-king-stik]
    • /ˈdɛv əlzˈwɔ kɪŋˌstɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [dev-uh lz-waw-king-stik]
    • /ˈdɛv əlzˈwɔ kɪŋˌstɪk/

Definition of devil's-walking-stick word

  • noun devil's-walking-stick Hercules-club (def 2). 1

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Origin of devil's-walking-stick

First appearance:

before 1925
One of the 11% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Devil's-walking-stick

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

devil's-walking-stick popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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