walking stick

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walking stick

A cane or staff used as an aid in walking.

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In Walter Lord's book about the Titanic and in investigative hearings after its 1912 sinking, it was noted that White appointed herself as a signalman for lifeboat 8, waving her walking stick about.

Titanic survivor's light-up cane goes for $62,500 at auction

"Small shotgun cartridges are placed into the side of the walking stick and there is a trigger at the top.

WALKING STICK-UP; sinister walking stick gun handed in to police 'could have been used by real peaky blinders'

"Wee Tommy used to be our kitman and he's a fair age but he's running on with his walking stick cheering.

We'll give Bot stick

The 53-year-old then grabbed the old man's walking stick and used it to beat him on the left side of his head.

Hayes brute beat elderly man across the head with his own walking stick in Uxbridge; The 80-year-old suffered a deep 4-inch cut to his head

When officers arrested him they found clothes in his washing machine and the victim's walking stick, both covered in his blood.

Disabled man beaten with own walking stick; Attacker admits 'I am disgusting'

Some of Johnson's many walking stick recipients include Gerry Faust, Lou Holtz, Charlie Weis, coadjutor bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania Michael J.

Walk the walk: Les Johnson is spreading a message of peace--one walking stick at a time

Walking stick horn head: 1 Gill Pettigrew; 2 Philip Roskell; 3 Murray Playfair.

Clarkson Cup for sticks win

Peter Glenser QC, for Thomas, argued the walking stick had a visible trigger and guard and should not be considered to be a disguised firearm.

Spared jail for unlicensed shotgun behind his sofa; JUDGE TELLS FARMER: IT WAS SERIOUS OVERSIGHT

Notable examples include Kenya's founding father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Vice President Jaramogi Odinga, both of whom wielded a walking stick and a flywhisk.

I've made walking sticks for Uhuru, Ruto - Gatundu man

Det Con Deborah Montgomery said: "This was a despicable attack on a vulnerable lady whose walking stick was kicked, causing her to fall to the ground.

Pensioner, 74, racially abused and purse stolen; WALKING STICK KICKED AWAY AND ALSO TAKEN

However, the identity of a man seen using a walking stick to beat mourners over the head in the brawl is not known.

ASHES TO BASHES; MOURNERS BATTERED WITH WALKING STICK; Crematorium rammy caught on video; VIRAL VIDEO OF FUNERAL RAMMY STUNS VIEWERS; Full barney at Craigton Crematorium ..the coffin isn't even out the hearse; Foul-mouthed granny involved in grim bust-up is sister of the deceased

"My wife asked why I braked and I said a man had walked in front of the car in a long overcoat, a walking stick, dark clothing and a trilby," said 75-year-old Brian.