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单词 goad stick
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goad stickn.

Brit. /ˈɡəʊd stɪk/, U.S. /ˈɡoʊd ˌstɪk/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: goad n.1, goad v., stick n.1
Etymology: < goad n.1 or goad v. + stick n.1
A pointed rod or stick used to drive or spur livestock, esp. a team of draught animals; = goad n.1 1b. Also in figurative contexts.
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1773 C. Vallancey Gram. Irish Lang. vii. 125 A goad stick, cleac' broid.
1825 J. Neal Bro. Jonathan I. 159 I fetches it a rap with my goard stick.
1839 Knickerbocker Mag. 13 298 A small man..holding a goad-stick in his hand..entered the room.
1851 J. S. Springer Forest Life & Forest Trees 97 The teamster now arranges every ox..,passing through several evolutions with his goad-stick.
1907 McClure's Mag. June 211/1 The driver was using a goad-stick in place of a whip.
1987 K. Singh in M. Eliade Encycl. Relig. XIII. 317 The gurū keeps his followers on the path of truth; he acts as a goad stick, keeping man, who is like a rogue elephant, from running amok.
2006 L. Lawlor He will go Fearless ix. 133 ‘Come up!’ Frenchy barked, and tapped each ox lightly on the shoulder with a long, flexible goad stick.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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