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Definition of Hockey stick
1. Noun. Sports implement consisting of a stick used by hockey players to move the puck.
Definition of Hockey stick
1. Noun. (North America ice hockey) A stick used to handle the puck in ice hockey, having a flat, angled blade at the end. ¹
2. Noun. (British field hockey) A stick used to handle the ball in field hockey, having a flat-faced hook at the end. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) A playing card with the rank of seven. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hockey Stick
Literary usage of Hockey stick
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1902)
"The reply of Biggs, as might be expected, was to hit young Biggs with the
hockey-stick twice as hard as before, until the little wretch howled with pain. ..."
2. Cassell's Complete Book of Sports and Pastimes: Being a Compendium of Out by Cassell & Co, Cassell (London) (1896)
"Tho hockey-stick is usually made of ash, with a hook or curve at the bottom.
It must have no metal fittings whatever, and be able to pass through a ring two ..."
3. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"18* The reply of Biggs, as might be expected, was to hit young Biggs with the
hockey-stick twice as hard as before, until the little wretch howled with pain ..."
4. Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded by John Russell Bartlett (1877)
"Hockey-Stick. A stick used in playing hockey. I guess Aunt I.ibby never had a
hockey-stick. —Fanny Fern. Hod-Carrier. A laborer that carries mortar and ..."
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