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stick-up, a. and n.
[f. vbl. phrase stick up: see stick v. 35.]
A. adj. That sticks up; esp. of a collar = stand-up a. 1.
1854‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green ii. 5 A modest-looking young gentleman, who appeared to be..ill at ease in his frock-coat and ‘stick-up’ collars. 1873Punch 10 May 191/2 We wonder who invented chignons, corsets, stick-up collars,..and high-heeled boots. 1891Kipling Light that Failed 7 Be careful with the cartridges; I don't like those jagged stick-up things on the rim.
B. n.
1. Something which sticks up.
a. A stand-up collar.
1857Hotten's Slang Dict. 20 Stick-ups, shirt-collar. 1896Punch 8 Aug. 64/1 What a big Garçon he'll be when he's out of Jackets and Turn-downs, and gets into Tails and Stick-ups!
b. (See quot.)
1881Ingersoll Oyster-Industr. (Hist. Fish. Industr. U.S.) 249 Stickup, a long, thin oyster, growing in mud, etc. (Dennis creek, New Jersey).
2. slang (orig. Austral., now chiefly U.S.).
a. = hold-up 1 b.
[1887W. H. Suttor Austral. Stories Retold 41 A body of men, mostly armed, met us. We at first thought it was a case of ‘stick up’.] 1904‘O. Henry’ in McClure's Mag. Apr. 611/1 The first ‘stick-up’ I was ever in happened in 1890... It will explain how most train robbers start. 1910H. Lawson Skyline Riders & Other Verses 62 Scott that fired at Brummy Hughson, when the ‘stick-ups’ used to be. 1930Punch 26 Feb. 236/1 He was reminded..that he had worked on the Babylon stick-up, and consented to come clean. 1944Sun (Baltimore) 18 Mar. 12/1 The bank manager told police that the bandit..drew a gun and said: ‘This is a stickup.’ 1955H. Kurnitz Invasion of Privacy (1956) vii. 53 Morley..told him they wanted to fake a stick-up. Then he shoots..the holdup man. 1972[see pull v. 20 f].
b. One who robs by ‘sticking up’ his victims; = hold-up 1 a. ? Obs.
1905N.Y. Times 2 Jan. 4/1 The ‘stick-up’ is always a powerful man, whose duties are to intimidate intruders and kill them if necessary, while the others are at work on a safe. 1936[see bimbo2].
c. attrib. = hold-up 2; esp. in stick-up man.
1905N.Y. Times 2 Jan. 4/1 The man..is declared to be a typical ‘yeggman of the stick-up’ class. 1909G. R. Chester Making of Bobby Burnit xiv. 169 Our local Hicks would rather be robbed by a lot of friendly stick-up artists. 1924G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 396 Assaulter, rough guy, hard bird..stick-up man, thug. 1930[see cool v. 3 e]. 1935D. Runyon in Cosmopolitan Jan. 63/3 A fast stick-up job without any foolishness about it, maybe leaving any parties we come across tied up good and tight. 1950Times 7 Feb. 8/4 It was the story of a ‘stick-up’ plot being hatched. 1973‘H. Howard’ Highway to Murder vii. 80 The old man got knocked off by a stickup guy at the filling station where he worked. 1979G. F. Newman List i. 3 Any moron could get a gun and become a stickup man. |