A stirring stick for drinks, which may be hollow - straw style - and formed into various shapes - a golf club MILLER p.302
A twig with a few forked branches on its end. It is usually inserted into the glass or picher and twirled rapidly between the hands. Used in cool drinks of lime, sugar, liquor, bitters which are packed with shaved ice.
Swizzle sticks are small sticks placed in cocktails to hold fruit, or merely to stir the drink. Commonly made of plastic, the origin of the name is uncertain but rum drinks made with sugar and citrus juices have been called swizzles since at least the 19th century.
