"old stick" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-old stick.ogg Forms: old sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} old stick (plural old sticks)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, British) A person. Tags: British, colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-old_stick-en-noun-b0VtsINs Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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