German-English translations for holzstange

pole
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Huck Finn poled that raft southward down the Mississippi because going northward against the current was too much workHe poled off the serial of the Gulfstream to confirm its identityto pole beans or hops
stick
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The beavers dam was made out of sticksI found several good sticks in the brush heapWhat do you call a boomerang that wont come back? A stick