Definition of "knobstick" []

• A stick with a rounded knob at the end. (noun)
• One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union. (noun)

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• "'Now, Mr. Thornton, though "knobstick" has not a very pretty sound, is it not expressive?"
• "About 4 P.M. returned our second messenger, bearing with him a reproving message from the Gerad, for not visiting him without delay; in token of sincerity, he forwarded his baton, a knobstick about two feet long, painted in rings of"
• "It is a knobstick about a cubit long, made of some hard wood: the head is rounded on the inside, and the outside is cut to an edge."