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(now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club. / (obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.

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crabstick

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Source Word

crabstick

archaic obsolete

Japanese Meaning

（現代ではほとんど使われない意味）カニリンゴの木から作られた棍棒、またはそれに類似する木槌 / （同上、古語的意味）怒りっぽい、気難しい人

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He raised the crabstick and warned the poachers to leave his orchard at once.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

彼はズミの木で作られた棍棒を振り上げ、密猟者たちにただちに果樹園を立ち去るよう警告した。

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(now rare) A cudgel, originally made of the wood of a crabapple tree, hence any similar club.

[O]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.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（2）

(obsolete) A crabby, ill-tempered person.

crabsticks

（ plural ）

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