swagger stick

a short, batonlike stick, usually leather-covered, sometimes carried by army officers, soldiers, etc.

Origin of swagger stick

First recorded in 1885–90

swag, swage, swage block, swagger, swagger coat, swagger stick, swaggering, swaggie, swagman, swahili, swain

Sheen possessed himself of this swagger-stick, and reasoned with the sportive youth.

The White Feather |P. G. Wodehouse
Drummond was wont to keep a swagger-stick by his bedside for the better observance of law and order.

The White Feather |P. G. Wodehouse
He peeled off his overcoat and hung it on the hall tree, sticking his swagger-stick in one of its pockets.

The Great Potlatch Riots |Allen Kim Lang
Captain Winfree, straight in his scarlet-trimmed winter greens, tapped the toe of one boot with his swagger-stick.

The Great Potlatch Riots |Allen Kim Lang

Captain Winfree said, flinging his swagger-stick toward the calendar.

The Great Potlatch Riots |Allen Kim Lang