"on a stick" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-on a stick.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} on a stick, {{en-PP}} on a stick
  1. (humorous) Skewered through the middle and served individually, in many cases warm, as a hot dog. Often parodied as being done to everything at state fairs in Iowa. Tags: humorous Related terms: moon on a stick, router on a stick
    Sense id: en-on_a_stick-en-prep_phrase-BslaFCvP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "(humorous) Skewered through the middle and served individually, in many cases warm, as a hot dog. Often parodied as being done to everything at state fairs in Iowa."
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