Stick note on this showing final abandonment (5)

I believe the answer is:

lathi

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'stick' is the definition.
(I know that lathi is a type of club)

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(Other definitions for lathi that I've seen before include "Indian truncheon" , "Heavy iron-bound stick used for crowd control by police in India" , "Indian police baton" , "Indian policeman's stick" , "Long, heavy stick" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.

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