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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
linstock/ˈlɪnstɒk/

▶noun historical a long pole used to hold a match for firing a cannon.

– origin C16: from earlier lintstock, from Du. lontstok, from lont ‘match’ + stok ‘stick’.

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