Wednesday, November 12, 2014

word of the day: alpenstock

The word of the day is alpenstock:

a strong staff with an iron point, used by mountain climbers.
< German, equivalent to Alpen Alps + Stock staff (dictionary.com)


"The brigands with fans have been colluding against local officials with a band of slaphappy vandals the Passevitza Clarion has inaccurately dubbed their Doppelgang.  In fact, the true Doppelgang is elsewhere engaged, marauding the countryside of Lavukistan with Belle Epoque fans in their fluttering hands and garters over their alpenstocks."

 - Karen Elizabeth Gordon, Out of the Loud Hound of Darkness: A Dictionarrative

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