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单词 to shoot a good stick
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to shoot a good stick
P5. to play a good stick: to play a violin, fiddle, etc., well (cf. sense 11e). Later, with various other verbs, as to shoot a good stick: to do well or be skilled at an activity, esp. one which involves the use of a stick (in various senses).
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > play one's part well or badly
to play a good stick1741
to be on one's game1920
1741 R. Goadby tr. M. de Cervantes Two Humorous Novels ii. 168 You are admiring the Broom, she plays a good Stick, Musick sooner made, and with less Trouble, nor cheaper was never invented in the World.
?1790 Road to Hymen 24 I plays a good stick on the fiddle, and can dance buttered pease, Margery Cree, and old Roger of Coverley featly.
1824 W. Irving Bold Dragoon in Tales of Traveller I. i. 52 He could swear a good stick himself.
1843 F. Bellew Mem. Griffin II. iv. 79 The captain..fired a capital good stick nevertheless, and knocked the black partridges about, right and left, in great style.
1892 E. Waugh Tufts of Heather 1st Ser. I. 188 The hungry travellers sat down. For about half-an-hour every man of the three ‘played a good stick’, as the old saying goes.
1974 ‘D. Gober’ Black Cop (1993) 149 ‘Man, you shoot a good stick.’.. Rhodes knew that he couldn't spend all his time shooting pool and drinking brew.
2009 J. Amato Once Engineer iv. 47 My old man can shoot a good stick, especially eight ball.
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