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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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Or some good ol’ corn on the cob, or long broccolini spears.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
25 Sep. 2025
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Hence, Defendants' desperate need to defame with a partisan spear rather than report with an authentic looking glass.—
Jenna Sundel
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 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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Whether a cell in 1598 played a part in conceiving of the scrawny, hobbled hidalgo with a cardboard visor and a bent lance is arguable, but Cervantes’ far more traumatic enslavement from 1571 until 1576 must have formed his intimate comprehension of the difference between freedom and servitude.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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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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“Pikestaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pikestaff. Accessed 28 Sep. 2025.
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