musicstick

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Etymology[edit]

music +‎ stick

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Noun[edit]

musicstick (plural musicsticks)

  1. (Australia) A kind of drumstick used by striking one against another, to maintain rhythm in Aboriginal voice chants.
    • 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia‎[1], page 88:
      The camp was silent save for clicking of music-sticks in the distant native camp […]

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