stickman
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A pickpocket's accomplice who takes the stolen goods in case the pickpocket is searched.
British usage; Archaic; Slang
noun
A stick seller, especially of walking sticks.
Example Sentences
- "Then, when it was his turn to shoot, he reached out with a completely empty hand and caught the dice the stickman threw to him."
- "The most reliable stickman on the floor, Jimmy McGuire, was running the table. Data could hear his silky tenor before he could see the player due to the dense ring of spectators around the pit."
- "With defeats only at the hands of two club teams, the Crescents and the Mount Washington Club, the Orange and Black stickmen have an otherwise unbroken record of victories over Yale, Harvard, Swarthmore, Stevens, Rutgers, and New York University."
- "Because they have carried the puck so often and for so many miles, centers are usually the most experienced stickmen, and their talents are necessary to win a face-off."
- "In an era when slashing was tolerated more than it is in contemporary hockey, Ed Van Impe was one of the most feared stickmen in the NHL."
- "Stick candy is made by a stick puller or stickman, who pulls the hard candy after it has been boiled; […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English stick Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English stickman From stick + -man.