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Recent Examples of pikestaffIf the garden was a desert, the house was as plain as pikestaff.—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
Veterinarians pulled a bent metal spear about 5-feet long that had become embedded in the bull elephant’s foot pad, according to a May 18 Facebook post from the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust.
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Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
20 May 2025
Families experience so much personality, especially when partaking in the free Warriors Academy day in the life experience, which includes instruction in throwing a spear, shooting a bow and arrow, making fire in the bush, and visiting a local village.
With about a thousand Mexicans in front of him, Yell charged alone with his sword in hand, apparently killing several Mexicans until brought down by multiple lance wounds.
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Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 May 2025
But every individual had suffered some sort of devastating injury—like wounds made by swords, lances, daggers and iron bolts.
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