Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A handle, as of a spade, which has a crosspiece at the end.
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Examples
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The stick was a heavy malacca, with a thick crutch-handle of polished ivory, suitable for sustaining the feeble steps of old age.
The Unpleasantness At The Belladonna Club Sayers, Dorothy L.Lord Peter 05 1928
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The little secretary appeared to be lost in thought, his chin thrust down on the crutch-handle of the umbrella he clutched to himself.
The Yellow Streak Valentine Williams 1914
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The top of the cane had a cap of silver, with a screw that went into the lower part of the horse, which thus made a sort of crutch-handle to the stick.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
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With perfect calmness and deliberation he now put the cast-off articles into the parcels, hid them in the pockets of his clothes, and, after unscrewing the gold crutch-handle from his cane and replacing it by
A Conspiracy of the Carbonari Mary J. [Translator] Safford 1843
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