Sword Stick

Poor fool, there was a sudden flurry, the snap of a breaking bone, the Frog was screaming on the floor, and Spring had the sword-stick in his hand. ❋ Estelle Bruno (2010)

One train, one dead Captain's funeral, one sword-stick, and a bloke with a lot of guys not liking him. ❋ Blue Tyson (2007)

I was on horseback; guide wanted to carry my cane; I was going to give it him, when I recollected that it was a sword-stick, and I thought the lightning might be attracted towards him; kept it myself; a good deal encumbered with it, as it was too heavy for a whip, and the horse was stupid, and stood with every other peal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

There might, for example, be a sword-stick, which has its blade removed and the inside of the cane filled with resin, so that it ceases to be a sword but remains the same walking stick. ❋ Robinson, Howard (2004)

Everyone in the room seemed to feel the tug waiting on the river, the sword-stick and the revolver, waiting on the table. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)

Fiennes, ‘but even if a sword-stick was used, I have no guess of how it was used.’ ❋ Unknown (2003)

They took their hats and sticks in silence; but as Syme took his sword-stick, he held it hard. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)

To be found with a sword-stick, let alone a blood-stained sword-stick, would be fatal in the search that was certain to follow. ❋ Unknown (2003)

He took a childish pleasure, as a younger brother might, in the formidable sword-stick which Flambeau always flung as he walked, and which now stood upright beside his tall mug of Munich. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The sword-stick and the brandy-flask, though in themselves only the tools of morbid conspirators, became the expressions of his own more healthy romance. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)

The sword-stick became almost the sword of chivalry, and the brandy the wine of the stirrup-cup. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)

When Syme saw it he suddenly straightened himself, and made with his sword-stick an involuntary salute. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)

“A very entertaining evening,” said Syme, and he made a military salute with the sword-stick as the steamboat slid away. ❋ Gilbert Keith (2003)