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Recent Examples of pikestaff
If the garden was a desert, the house was as plain as pikestaff.
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Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike.
—Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
Their weapon of choice was the pikestaff, a long staff topped with a sharp spike.
—Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pikestaff
Noun
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Hoosiers can hunt frogs with bow and arrows, clubs, some firearms, or simply, their hands, but Plumier teaches those gathered at Goose Pond how to use gigs — long, multi-pronged spears that look a little bit like tridents.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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Thirty other heavily encrusted artifacts were recovered from the seabed, including swords, javelins and spears that were used in the battle, according to the release.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those athletes are the two most recent Olympic javelin champions, the first men to do so from Asian countries.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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The senior placed first at the Div. 1 championship in both javelin and discus.—
Brian Roach,
Boston Herald,
6 July 2025
Noun
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At a handful of locations, these spikes extended out to nearly a meter, looking more like lances than anything needed to ward off a close-in attack.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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Flame-retardant foams do little, and fire departments now favor high-pressure water lances or immersion pits.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
9 June 2025
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“Pikestaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pikestaff. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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