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• pick-upstick — pick up stick (pĭkʹŭp ) n. 1. pick up sticks (used with a sing. verb) The game of jackstraws. 2. One of the straws or sticks used in this game. 3. A pointed implement used in weaving to draw the weft through the warp. * * * …   Universalium

• cablese — (n.) 1895, from CABLE (Cf. cable) in the telegraphic sense + ESE (Cf. ese) as a language name suffix. Since cablegrams had to be paid for by the word and even press rates were expensive the practice was to affix Latin prefixes and suffixes to… …   Etymology dictionary