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Walk tall, carrying a big stick. 

Walk tall and carry a big stick means: Describes person who is prepared to take action, take charge, take over; to be a fearless authority figure, known for using punitive measures sparsely but always accurately, swiftly and appropriate to the crime when needed. Punishment was always dealt fairly (hence walking tall; as in able to hold ones head high, with integrity)

In her classroom, Ms. Apple walked tall; carrying a big stick. Her smiles w ere earned and her praise was for those truly deserving of it. Her students were always on task and received the highest test scores in the whole school. No one dared step out of line when she was in charge.

The other saying was Roosevelt's..."Speak softly and carry a big stick"...which had to do with his negotiations of foreign policy.

Some say it wrong, as in "Walk softly and carry a big stick." That phrase dates back to the 1960's and '70s when Snipe hunting was all the rage. One had to "walk softly and carry a big stick" so one could sneak up on those little buggers in the bushes and be ready to bash them with the stick...
Ms. Apple "walked tall carrying a big stick." Her class was always on task and earned the highest state test scores in the building. From: Walk tall, carrying a big stick.
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giggy stick 

sit on my giggy stick and we will fuck all night
giggy stick by Roger Nolan October 22, 2004

Cover stick 

A cigarette to be smoked immediately after smoking cannabis, to cover up the smell of weed with good old legal tobacco.
After Josh and I hotboxed his room, we lit some cover sticks so his mom wouldn't know we smoked weed in there
Cover stick by Primo Jonez August 28, 2007

happy stick 

hey I got some dope...you got a happy stick ?
happy stick by Jonny Phoenix August 27, 2013

buddha stick 

Another word for Thai Stick, but ultimately it IS: A delicious Thai variety of marijuana, usually wrapped around thin bamboo splints or popsicle-stick slivers fastened with usually hemp string and dried slowly.
Tom: "I just bought some buddha sticks from that colombian guy on our street corner."
David: "neat!"
buddha stick by Effon March 30, 2007

Meat Stick 

'My god he had the meatiest meat stick I ever did see.'
Meat Stick by Roule Duke October 9, 2011

Ruffian stick 

a stick like object (golf club, hammer, bed post, cane, crutches, etc...) that is used to destroy objects or people.
Can only be used by ruffians
Dotz: Tongue smashed the toilet with a ruffian stick!

Frank: Did you tongue?

Tongue: If i don't remember it didn't happen
Ruffian stick by Dotz January 29, 2005