| 单词 | up the stick |
| 释义 | > as lemmasup the stick P21. slang (British and Australian). up the stick: pregnant. Cf. to put (also stick) up the pole at pole n.1 Phrases 1f. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > pregnancy or gestation > [adjective] greatc1175 with childc1175 with childc1300 baggeda1400 bounda1400 pregnant?a1425 quicka1450 greaterc1480 heavyc1480 teeming1530 great-bellied1533 big1535 boundenc1540 impregnate1540 great-wombeda1550 young with child1566 gravid1598 pregnate1598 pagled1599 enceinte1602 child-great1605 conceived1637 big-bellieda1646 brooding1667 in the (also a) family way1688 in the (also that) way1741 undelivered1799 ensient1818 enwombeda1822 in a delicate condition1827 gestant1851 in pod1890 up the (also a) pole1918 in a particular condition1922 preg?1927 in the spud line1937 up the spout1937 preggy1938 up the stick1941 preggers1942 in pig1945 primigravid1949 preggo1951 in a certain condition1958 gestating1961 up the creek1961 in the (pudding) cluba1966 gravidated- 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Stick, up the: (of a girl or woman) to be pregnant. 1958 A. Sillitoe Sat. Night & Sunday Morning v. 69 Brenda on the tub, up the stick, with a bun in the oven. 1968 R. Lait Chance to Kill i. 10 Mary up the stick; funny how everyone counts the months. 1976 J. I. M. Stewart Memorial Service ix. 160 Do you know what it's like, Cyril, to be a decent and penniless young man who isn't sure he hasn't got his girl up the stick? 2008 M. Billingham In Dark (2009) xxv. 269 But you didn't need to be Einstein to work out it would have been around the time when she got herself up the stick. < as lemmas |
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