polo-stick

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polo-stick (plural polo-sticks)

  1. The elongate implement needed to push a ball from a horseback and thereby vie with other mounted players.
    Synonym: polo mallet
    • 2004, “The History of Sesame”, in Economic Botany‎[1], volume 58, number 3:
      COVER: A Persian miniature from the Topkapi Sarayi Library in Istanbul depicting Alexander the Great feeding sesame seeds to a cockerel. This rare illustration depicts an episode in which Darius insulted Alexander by sending him a polo stick and ball, and a bowl of sesame seed, saying that as Alexander behaved like a child he should have the playthings of a child.

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