licorice stick

American  

noun

Slang.

1. a clarinet.

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Etymology

Origin of licorice stick

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Fat old Clarinetist Darnell Howard had laid down his licorice stick, was making his way to the stand with a big white cake decked with three blue candles.

From Time Magazine Archive

During the 45-minute ceremony, he played on the cord of his hat like a fakir's apprentice, wrapping the string around his nose and chewing it like a licorice stick.

From Time Magazine Archive

You know, the kind that call a clarinet a licorice stick.

From Time Magazine Archive

The lion of the licorice stick in some of the best of his more intimate work with the trio, quintet, sextet and septet.

From Time Magazine Archive

Resting on an upturned crate or school desk would be the shank of a horse or a side of dog or cat, a box of salt, a licorice stick, an onion, a potato or two.

From "Milkweed" by Jerry Spinelli