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idiot stick
noun- a small carved copy of a totem pole CANADA, 1989
- The talented carver has to choose between volume production of low-priced souvenir [totem] poles (called by some idiot “idiot sticks”) and works of high quality which must be sold at high prices — Wilson Duff, Indian History of British Columbia, p. 83, 1964
- An “idiot stick,” a tiny carved replica of a totem pole, sold in the tourist trade, is not made by northwest BC natives. — Tom Parkin, WetCoast Words, p. 73, 1989
- a shovel US, 1930
- An idiot-stick needs no brains to manipulate it–only muscle! — Vincent J. Monteleone, Criminal Slang, p. 127, 1949
- — American Speech, p. 273, December 1954: “Fire terms: additional words and definitions”
- a digging bar US
- — A.B. Chance Co., Lineman’s Slang Dictionary, p. 10, 1980
- a rifle US, 1962
- The insignia of the infantry was crossed rifles, which people called “idiot sticks.” — Larry King, Love Stories of World War II, p. 68, 2001
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