sticks

SubstantivSubstantivVerbhäufig in Dialogen

Vereinigtes Königreich//stɪks//

rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.

Substantiv

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Auch eine Form von stickplural of stick

Substantiv

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umgangssprachlichrural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.
We had to drive way out into the sticks to visit that customer.
"How'd your in-laws feel about you marryin' your wife? Maybe you could pass the paper bag test and the comb test, but your old man had dark skin, kinky hair, and he was a dyed-in-wool baptist from out in the sticks."
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Hurdles or other obstacles to be jumped over.
It was a maiden race over the "sticks," and the trainer's instructions were to slip off and make the running throughout.
Do they prefer flat or 'over the sticks' (jump races)? Does the group know what the races with jumps are called?
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Slangcrutches

Verb

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Auch eine Form von stickthird-person singular simple present indicative of stick

Stick · A member of the Official IRA.sticker · Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).sticking · A sequence or arrangement of drum notes to be played with…

sticks · rural terrain, especially a woody area; any rural region.

sticky · Tending to stick; able to adhere via the drying of a viscous…Sticky · A member of the Official Irish Republican Army.stiff · Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

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