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pikestaff

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pikestaff/ˈpʌɪkstɑːf/

▶noun historical the wooden shaft of a pike.

– phrases
(as) plain as a pikestaff

1 very obvious.

2 ordinary or unattractive in appearance.

[alt. of as plain as a packstaff, the staff being that of a pedlar, on which he rested his pack of wares.]

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