Stick
See also: stick
English
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.[1]
Proper noun
Stick
See also
- Chapman Stick on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stick Enterprises
References
- Wharton, K. (2019). Torn Apart: Fifty Years of the Troubles, 1969-2019. United Kingdom: History Press
Anagrams
Bavarian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From 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
- IPA(key): /ˈʃd̥iɡ̥/
Noun
Stick n (plural Stick, diminutive Stickl or Stickerl)
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /stɪk/
Audio (file)
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German stücke, from Old High German stucki.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtik/
Further reading
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