swagger stick
noun
: a short light stick usually covered with leather and tipped with metal at each end and intended for carrying in the hand (as by military officers)
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Students were often assigned a military rank and awarded promotions, like the 13-year-old cadet major carrying a swagger stick in a 1930 ad for the Page Military Academy in Los Angeles.
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
The 24-inch rattan swagger stick in the hands of British officers was a hallmark of the empire’s rule in India for 200 years.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Men of swagger: rapper Crisis Mr. Swagger, left, and General George Patton with swagger stick.
—Jessica Donati, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2018
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Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026
The 24-inch rattan swagger stick in the hands of British officers was a hallmark of the empire’s rule in India for 200 years.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Men of swagger: rapper Crisis Mr. Swagger, left, and General George Patton with swagger stick.
—Jessica Donati, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2018
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“Swagger stick.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/swagger%20stick. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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