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lemon stick

American  

noun

Chiefly Baltimore.
  1. a lemon half with a peppermint stick stuck in it, through which the lemon juice is sucked.


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There was a store right close to us and I'd go down there and spend my money for lemon stick candy, ginger cakes, peanuts, and firecrackers.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives by Work Projects Administration

And Pee-wee said nothing, only sucked the lemon stick, observing it from time to time, as its point became more deadly.

From Pee-Wee Harris by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

Ingredients: Eggs, castor sugar, Marsala, cinnamon, lemon, stick vanilla, rum, Maraschino, butter, ice.

From The Cook's Decameron: a study in taste, containing over two hundred recipes for Italian dishes by Waters, W. G., Mrs.

He then removed the dagger-like lemon stick again to observe it.

From Pee-Wee Harris by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

"I wouldn't take back what I said," said Pee-wee, finishing the lemon stick by a terrible sudden assault with his teeth.

From Pee-Wee Harris by Fitzhugh, Percy Keese

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