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pikestaff

noun pike·staff \ˈpīk-ˌstaf\

Definition of PIKESTAFF

1
:  a spiked staff for use on slippery ground
2
:  the staff of a foot soldier's pike
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First Known Use of PIKESTAFF

14th century

Related to PIKESTAFF

Synonyms
javelin, lance, pike, spear, shaft

Rhymes with PIKESTAFF

agrafe, bar graph, behalf, carafe, chiffchaff, cowlstaff, digraph, distaff, Falstaff, flagstaff, Flagstaff, giraffe, half-staff, horselaugh, kenaf, line graph, mooncalf, paraph, riffraff, tipstaff

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