French stick

plural French sticks

1. UKA baguette, a long thin loaf of bread.

   ‘It's true that there are more of us here than you can shake a French stick at,’ says one humorous adolescent, sitting outside a pavement cafe and doing his best to maintain an insouciant expression despite the gusts of English wind.

   2008 March 23, Elizabeth Day, “The great French love affair with la vie anglaise”, in The Observer, →ISSN

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   So what makes a brill baguette? For Mr Paluel-Marmont and Mr de Rovira, a star French stick can usually be identified merely by its appearance. "Its regular overall form stems from careful manufacture; its harmonious volume is the sign of a dough kneaded slowly," they write.

   2004 April 22, Jon Henley, “Guides show Parisians where their best bread is buttered”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

   Synonyms: French loaf