sticker-upn.
/ˌstɪkərˈʌp/, /ˈstɪkərʌp/, U.S. /ˈstɪkərˌəp/, /ˌstɪkərˈəp/, Australian English /ˈstɪkərˌʌp/, /ˌstɪkərˈʌp/ΚΠ
1770 Lloyd's Evening Post 24 Sept. 298/1 The pretended Lieutenant, who upon examination, turned out to be a Sticker-up of bills, and three of his gang.
1787 World & Fashionable Advertiser 5 Jan. Any Person or Persons who will discover the Printer and Sticker up of such papers..shall receive a Reward of Five Guineas.
1856 Melbourne Punch 1 41/2 He..named her op'ning night, And ‘stickers-up’ (of bills) went forth..To post with all their might.
1895 Racine (Wisconsin) Daily Jrnl. 28 Feb. 6/2 This one time sticker up of unchaste bills upon the dead walls here of Rome.
2. Australian. A method of cooking meat by roasting it on a stick in front of a fire; a stick used for this purpose. Cf. stick-up n. 1. Now historical and rare.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > roasting > spit-roasting
sticker-up1830
stick-up1837
ponasking1944
spit-roast1954
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [adjective] > roasting, roasted, or roastable > spit-roasted
à la broche1806
à la brochette1829
spit-roast1954
ponasked1961
sticker-up1998
1830 Hobart Town Almanack 112 Steaks..which he cooked in the mode called in colonial phrase a sticker up.
1852 L. A. Meredith My Home in Tasmania I. iv. 54 Here I was first initiated into the bush art of ‘sticker-up’ cookery.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 72 Sticker-up, a spit of wood resting on two pronged sticks used in the bush for roasting meat.
1998 M. Simpson Cutting Clouds 13 Let me expound the mystery of ‘sticker-up’ cookery. First slice your kangaroo.
3. A person who sticks up for a person or thing; an advocate, a defender.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > and stoutly defends
champion138.
propugnatorc1429
propugner1593
stickler1607
white knight1628
hyperaspist1638
stiff-stander1642
sticker-up1832
storm troops1918
storm trooper1935
1832 Morning Post 22 Dec. The sticker-up for family honours.
1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye II. App. v. 285 Ah! but some sticker-up for gentility will exclaim, ‘The hero did not refuse’ [etc.].
1922 C. E. Montague Disenchantment xvi. 227 Whimsical stickers-up for Christianity.
1992 Observer 18 Oct. 59 She's a great sticker-up for women.
4. Originally and chiefly Australian. A person who stops and robs a person or vehicle at gunpoint; an armed robber. Cf. stick-up n. 3b. Now rare.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > [noun] > who holds up his victims
sticker-up1853
hold-up1885
stick-up1905
the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > robber > brigand > [noun] > in other countries
dacoit1788
gang-robber1812
bush-ranger1817
klepht1820
flayer1832
ranger1840
dacoity1849
sticker-up1853
boh1888
demon1909
shifta1920
1853 Argus (Melbourne) 10 June Committal of a Sticker-up.
1879 W. J. Barry Up & Down xx. 197 They..were the stickers-up, or highwaymen, mentioned by me before.
1929 Daily Mail (Charleston, W. Virginia) 29 May 6/4 The bolder stickers-up had the temerity to enter and rifle mail cars.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. ii. 51 The following synonyms for bushrangers might be noted: rangers, white Indians and stickers-up.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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