licorice stick

noun

A long thin cylindrical confection flavored with licorice.

Similar
B-flat clarinet

Meanings

nounlicorice stick (plural licorice sticks)

plural licorice sticks · alternative liquorice stick

  1. A long thin cylindrical confection flavored with licorice.
  2. slangA clarinet.

    All he does is play that licorice stick like a goddamn angel. The patron saint of the clarinet, far as I'm concerned—fit for the angel choir.

    2012, Claire Germain Nail, Saint Sullivan's Daughter, page 262

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe ordinary clarinet with a middle range

Similar
B-flat clarinet
Broader
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APA

licorice stick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licorice%20stick

MLA

“licorice stick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licorice%20stick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “licorice stick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/licorice%20stick.

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