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quarterstaff
noun quar·ter·staff \ˈkwȯ(r)-tər-ˌstaf\
plural quar·ter·staves\-ˌstavz, -ˌstāvz\
Definition of QUARTERSTAFF
: a long stout staff formerly used as a weapon and wielded with one hand in the middle and the other between the middle and the end
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First Known Use of QUARTERSTAFF
circa 1550
Rhymes with QUARTERSTAFF
allograph, autograph, barograph, bathyscaphe, cenotaph, chronograph, circle graph, cryptograph, epigraph, epitaph, half-and-half, hectograph, holograph, homograph, hygrograph, kymograph, lithograph, logograph, micrograph, monograph, pantograph, paragraph, phonograph, photograph, pictograph, polygraph, seismograph, serigraph, shadowgraph, shandygaff, spectrograph, sphygmograph, telegraph, thermograph, typograph
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