crabstick

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Etymology 1

From crab (“wild apple”) +‎ stick.

Noun

crabstick (plural crabsticks)

  1. (now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.
    • 1792, Thomas Holcroft, Anna St. Ives, vol. VI, letter 106:
      ne of them who appeared to have the most spirit had a knotted crab-stick in his hand, and insisted that the Irishman should not leave the company, till he had first given satisfaction for the insult he had committed on them all.
  2. (obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.
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Etymology 2

crabsticks

From crab (“crustacean”) +‎ stick.

Noun

crabstick (plural crabsticks)

  1. A processed food, made of surimi to somewhat resemble the legs of a crab.
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  • Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of the English Language. International Edition. combined with Britannica World Language Dictionary. Chicago-London etc., Encyclopaedia Britannica, inc., 1965.
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