Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the pianoforte, a vertical rod at the rear end of a key, by which the damper is raised when the key is depressed. Also
mapstick .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The long handle of a mop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The long
handle of amop .
Etymologies
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Examples
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His little square, at first of nearly five octaves, with the "old man's head" to raise the hammer, and "mopstick" damper, was in great vogue, with but little alteration, for forty years; and that in spite of the manifest improvements of John Broadwood's wrest-plank and John Geib's "grasshopper."
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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And should the off-beaten path ever get too bumpy, he'll have his mopstick to lean on.
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And should the off-beaten path ever get too bumpy, he'll have his mopstick to lean on.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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And should the off-beaten path ever get too bumpy, he'll have his mopstick to lean on.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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And should the off-beaten path ever get too bumpy, he'll have his mopstick to lean on.
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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And should the off-beaten path ever get too bumpy, he'll have his mopstick to lean on.
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Within ten yards of the door they found Tom, with his back to a wall, defending himself with a mopstick against the assault of three or four soldiers, who, at sight of the Maltese cross, desisted from the attack, and were taken into custody by order of the knight.
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The centre figure of the High Sheriff, with his tattered and faded finery of office, is equally clever; but the skill with which the artist has contrived to express his forced mirth, and mopstick bravado, is still more forcible.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 336, October 18, 1828 Various
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"And you'll break a perfectly good mopstick and not hurt the Jap when you do it," said Linda.
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"And you'll break a perfectly good mopstick and not hurt the Jap when you do it," said Linda.
Her Father's Daughter Gene Stratton-Porter 1893
yarb commented on the word mopstick
Within ten yards of the door they found Tom, with his back to a wall, defending himself with a mopstick against the assault of three or four soldiers
— Smollett, Peregrine Pickle
March 25, 2022