Stick
The English word “Stick” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
proper noun
- The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
Etymology
The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.
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More English words
- stichotrich
- stichotrichine
- stichotrichous
- stichtite
- stick
- stick a fork in something
- stick a needle in my eye
- stick a pin there
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