sticker-up
noun
plural -s
1
: one that finishes ware by sticking parts together
2
chiefly Australia : one that holds up another (as for robbery) : highwayman, bushranger
3
Australia : a primitive method of roasting meat on a wooden spit stuck in the ground and leaned over a fire
Word History
Etymology
stick up + -er
- in the comfort of one's own home
- in the company of
- in the control of
- in the course of time
- in the crosshairs
- in the cup of someone's hand
- in the dark
- in the depths of someone's being
- in the depths of someone's heart
- in the depths of someone's mind
- in the depths of someone's soul
- in the direction of
- in the direction of (something)
- in the direction of something
- in the dirt
- in the distance
- in the dock
- in the doghouse
- in the driver's seat
- in the dumper
- in the end
- in the erroneous belief that
- in the event
- in the event of
- in the extreme