the barrel of a gun or the shaft of a spear

the shaft or handle of a pen; a pen

The small of the back or the waist area of the body

to make a living by writing or to engage in professional writing, often with a derogatory connotation of being a desk-bound intellectual or engaging in empty rhetoric

to suffer from loose bowels or watery stools

a long pole with a rope loop at the end used by herdsmen for catching horses

(colloquial) ringleader of a gang or group of bandits

(variant form) to be totally unconnected or unrelated; literally, to be unable to reach something even with a very long pole