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licorice stick

noun Slang.

a clarinet.

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Origin of licorice stick

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby licorice stick

lick one's wounds, lick someone's boots, lickspittle, lick the stuffing out of, licorice, licorice stick, lictor, lid, lidar, Liddel Hart, Liddell Hart
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Example sentences from the Web for licorice stick

  • He held up the licorice-stick and traced a wavery little line round it with his finger-nail.

    The Very Small Person|Annie Hamilton Donnell

  • She would open it by-and-by and find the golden alley and the singing-top and the licorice-stick.

    The Very Small Person|Annie Hamilton Donnell