Stick
English
editEtymology 1
editThe 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.[1]
Noun
editStick (plural Sticks)
- (Ireland) A member of the Official IRA.
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editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
editStick
- (music) The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
See also
edit- Chapman Stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stick Enterprises
References
edit- ^ Wharton, K. (2019). Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019. United Kingdom: History Press
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editBavarian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognates include German Stück, Hunsrik Stick, Dutch stuk, Luxembourgish Stéck, Yiddish שטיק (shtik), dialectal English steck (“piece”).
Pronunciation
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editGerman
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editNoun
editStick m (strong, genitive Sticks, plural Sticks)
Related terms
editHunsrik
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editStick n (plural Stick or Sticker, diminutive Stickche or Stickelche)
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