Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mop-stick

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.37 in modern English

Syllables: mop--stick
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of mopstick.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"Demn old mother Fortune, for throwing one of my birth and spirit into such a demnation situation; to be obliged to follow that lanky old mop-stick there before me, with a white mop-like top-not; […]"
"In 1870 steam was substituted for water, and chair-stock, clothes-horses, mop-sticks, turned stock, and woodenware were manufactured."
"The clerks in the Ordnance Department at the Tower were sworn in as special constables, and were served out with batons cut out of old mop-sticks."

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

mop-sticks (plural)

Questions

What does mop-stick mean?: Archaic form of mopstick.

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