hockey stick
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hockey stick
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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He denied having a hockey stick and said he was carrying a rope, which he used to guide horses and was planning on using on the dog if he was loose, the court heard.
From BBC
The website for the bridge project says the bridge tower shape “reflects the curvature of a hockey stick in a slap shot.”
On the back porch was the catapult she had made out of a plastic cup, a broken piece of hockey stick and a rubber band.
From Literature
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"I've heard it described as a hockey stick, you know, because it is a relatively gentle increase until it shoots up towards the end," he said.
From BBC
Mann was publicly vilified over his research showing that average global temperatures had risen sharply since 1900 after about a millennium of gradual cooling, producing what became known as the “hockey stick graph.”
From Los Angeles Times
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