The slang dictionary

The slang dictionary

John Camden Hotten

The slang dictionary

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part in a performance.—_Theatrical._ STICK up, to place in an account;

“STICK it up to me,” _i.e._, give me credit for it; STICK on, to overcharge or defraud; STICK up for, to defend a person, especially when slandered in his absence; STICK up to, to persevere in courting or attacking, whether in fisticuffs or argument; “to STICK in one’s gizzard,” to rankle in one’s heart; “to STIC...

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