1728 22 You may put a little Bit of Stick-Liquorice, and a Blade of Saffron in his Water.
1826 J. Beresford (ed. 11) II. 312 Some long-forgotten bonbon of your boyhood..stick-liquorice,..&c.
1941 50 103 The root is tuberous and very large, when baked on heated stones it tastes like stick-liquorice.