Meaning of mop stick | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

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“[…] after all, the spectre, which so long stood in our path, was little other than our old friend of school-boy days—the ingenious but imposing amalgamation of mop sticks, fagots, fluttering white rags, and an illuminated hollow turnip.”

“It was time to make⟳ my own⟳ stickball bat. I took one of my mother’s old mop sticks and broke off the metal end⟳ that held the rags she used to clean⟳ the floors.”

“We all played the part of the hero and we would sing⟳ western songs and ride⟳ around on old mop sticks like⟳ horses. We would ride⟳ through the alleys until the tip⟳ of the mop stick⟳ was sharp.”

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