stickit
Americanadjective
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(of a task or product) imperfect; ruined.
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(of a person) unsuccessful, especially in a chosen occupation.
Etymology
Origin of stickit
Example Sentences
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He's stickit nae mair, but a chosen trumpet at last!
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
“It’s na a trail; it’s just a hotch-potch o’ rocks–some sharp as stickit teeth!” groaned Andrew, who saw his own doom fixed, in vain protesting.
From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine
"It canna be the stickit minister!" said the woman to herself.
From The Marquis of Lossie by MacDonald, George
Na bit stickit curate-laddie for me, to gang argumentin' wi' ane that's auld enough to be his gran'father.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
‘Sandy M’Kay took his aith that he was in the English camp—more shame till him—an’ was stickit dead for meddling between King Harry’s brother and his luve.
From The Caged Lion by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
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