It is my experience that it is only an amiable man in this world who receives testimonials, only an unambitious one who abandons a London career for the country, and only an absent-minded one who leaves his stick and not his visiting-card after waiting an hour in your room.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
There are lonely houses scattered over the moor, and he is a fellow who would stick at nothing.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
This is a man that would stick at nothing.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Has been in the habit of carrying this stick behind his master.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
A wisp of green floating in the air caught my eye, and another glance showed me that it was carried on a stick by a man who was moving among the broken ground.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I would not lose that stick for the world.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
He now took the stick from my hands and examined it for a few minutes with his naked eyes.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
As he entered his eyes fell upon the stick in Holmes’s hand, and he ran towards it with an exclamation of joy.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Being a heavy stick the dog has held it tightly by the middle, and the marks of his teeth are very plainly visible.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
Because this stick, though originally a very handsome one has been so knocked about that I can hardly imagine a town practitioner carrying it.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
I stood upon the hearth-rug and picked up the stick which our visitor had left behind him the night before.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
There are certainly one or two indications upon the stick.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
But, tell me, Watson, what do you make of our visitor’s stick?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub: such as
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Macmillan
— to push something long and thin into or through something else
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Other Word Forms
sticking
sticks
stuck
Usage
15 uses of ‘stick’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle