2. Noun. (plural of stick) ¹
3. Noun. (slang with "the" pluralonly) rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region. ¹
4. Noun. (slang plural only chiefly by long-time users) crutches ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sticks
1. stick [v] - See also: stick
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sticks
Literary usage of Sticks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Call of the Wild by Jack London (1903)
"Starting from a dispute as to which should chop a few sticks for the fire (a
dispute which concerned only Charles and Hal), presently would be lugged in the ..."
2. Annual Report by Cincinnati Public Schools, Cincinnati (Ohio), Board of Education, Cincinnati (Ohio). Board of Education (1885)
"In doing so, however, I will vary the work a little—first, by supposing the sticks
to be placed at the left side of the pupil; second, by first moving the ..."
3. Froebel's Chief Writings on Education by Friedrich Fröbel, Samuel Sigmund Fechheimer Fletcher (1912)
"(5) That the sticks, regarded as the last link of the whole chain of games and
... (6) That through visible embodiment, laying of sticks gives invisible ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly (1885)
"containing ten sticks. These packages were placed in a row; underneath was a
second row, containing, to represent the number 30, three packages of yellow ..."
5. The Boston Cooking-school Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1896)
"Orange Sticks. Cut puff or plain paste rolled one-eighth ... Lemon Sticks.
Lemon Sticks may be made in same manner as Orange Sticks, using Lemon Filling. ..."
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