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stickman

American  
[stik-man, -muhn] / ˈstɪkˌmæn, -mən /

noun

  • stickmen
    plural
  1. croupier.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of stickman

An Americanism dating back to 1930–35; stick 1 + man


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When the spotlight found him inside Capital One Arena, he was walking toward the throwback stickman Wizards logo at center court.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 18, 2022

There he is: that funny stickman dangling in the sky, his body rendered in red, blue and green dots rimmed in white pigment.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

“She’d say, ‘I can’t even draw a stickman.’

From Washington Times ● Mar. 13, 2016

Every organisation should be looking to channel the spirit of the data artist, and turn scratchy stickman hunches into living, breathing, analytical certainties.

From Forbes ● Jun. 30, 2015

It's a platform game where your stickman hero runs around collecting gold and dodging enemies.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2013

Johns had long featured stickmen in his work.

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2021

If you look closely you can see the stickmen that live in this house.

From Children's BBC ● Nov. 11, 2013

Munich Summer 1972 Otl Aicher's widely-adopted sporting stickmen were a key design feature of the Games.

From BBC ● May 18, 2011

Housewives stood uncomfortably clutching their paper cups full of coins at the slot machines, the blackjack games paused, and at the crap tables stickmen cradled the dice in the crooks of their wooden wands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Agile Goalie "Flat"' Walsh, stickmen Hay and Cooper, fighters Laurie Aurie and Noble, have been playing below form.

From Time Magazine Archive

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