Stick
The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
Proper noun
- The Chapman Stick, an electric musical instrument devised by Emmett Chapman.
Related
Noun
- A member of the Official IRA.
Origin
The Officials were known as the "Stickies" because they sold stick-on lilies to commemorate the Easter Rising. This was used to contrast from the nickname for the Provisionals, the pinnies (pejoratively pinheads), who used pinned-on lilies, though the latter nickname disappeared.