bag-skate stick
n.— «He hauled out a “bag-skate” stick for the 54 minutes of torture. What’s a bag-skate stick? “When they’re going to work your bag off, you get a stick with no tape on it,” Buchberger said. “It slides easier across the ice.”» —“Oilers, Lightning Reach Trade Stalemate” by Brian Henley Chicago Sun-Times Dec. 17, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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