DCHP-2
stick ((2)) [< Chinook Jargon stik wood, tree, forest] B.C. and Northwest DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1 n.
woods; bush.
See also: stick country Stick Indian
- c1857 (1927) One night this young woman suddenly appeared and said in a subdued voice, "Hist! ... Before sun up you white men go. Go back in the stick (forests) far, far, far."
2 n.
(attributive uses) of, related to, or located in the stick country.
See also: stick country
- 1951 Now you fellows figure we're stuck, but let me tell you a real stick man's never stuck.
- 1955 He was batching it out on this lonely, stick ranch.
- c1857 (1927) One night this young woman suddenly appeared and said in a subdued voice, "Hist! ... Before sun up you white men go. Go back in the stick (forests) far, far, far."