Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The shaft of a pike.
- noun A walking stick tipped with a metal spike.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A staff with an iron head more or less pointed and capable of serving as a weapon, formerly used by travelers, pilgrims, and wandering beggars. Also
piked staff .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The staff, or shaft, of a pike.
- noun A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The wooden
shaft of apike - noun A staff with a spike in the lower end, to guard against slipping.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the staff of a pike
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Examples
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(for I make little doubt I am descended from Brian Boroo too) when will you acknowledge that two and two make four, and call a pikestaff a pikestaff? — that is the very best use you can make of the latter.
The Book of Snobs 2006
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Brian Boroo too) when will you acknowledge that two and two make four, and call a pikestaff a pikestaff?
The Book of Snobs William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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It is already plain as a pikestaff that Cameron and Hague lack the stomach, the personal courage, moral fibre, honour and integrity to do anything about the EU Constitution if it has come into force by the time they get their hands on the driblets of power still left to a government in the United Kingdom.
Archive 2009-08-30 2009
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It is already plain as a pikestaff that Cameron and Hague lack the stomach, the personal courage, moral fibre, honour and integrity to do anything about the EU Constitution if it has come into force by the time they get their hands on the driblets of power still left to a government in the United Kingdom.
To Nobody's Surprise 2009
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Another one is of a man with a pikestaff and a big plumed hat; probably painted around 1500–1520 and fairly certainly not religious.
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Not long afterwards it became plain as a pikestaff that the relevant government departments were still pushing ahead at full speed with plans to introduce a wider range of road-pricing schemes.
Is the Worm Turning? 2008
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It is plain as a pikestaff that if exposed to the incredulous view of the Taxpayer, who, by now, has a pretty clear view of some of the potential abuses, the floor of the House of Commons cellars would soon be awash with the blood of MPs caught with their grubby hands in the till.
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That, of course, was so much hooey, a fact that is now becoming plian as a pikestaff as we discover that the economy has not been tuned to withstand the hard times.
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Most people with any sense of propriety whatsoever would think that his acceptance of this immodest pourboire for services rendered would immediately preclude him from holding the office of President of the EU Council on the basis that the conflict of interest would be plain as a pikestaff to all and sundry.
Archive 2008-01-06 2008
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Most people with any sense of propriety whatsoever would think that his acceptance of this immodest pourboire for services rendered would immediately preclude him from holding the office of President of the EU Council on the basis that the conflict of interest would be plain as a pikestaff to all and sundry.
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