Meaning of mop stick | Babel Free

Examples

“[…] 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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