"stick of furniture" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sticks of furniture [plural]
Etymology: Alluding to wooden furniture, with a stick being a very small unit of wood. Head templates: {{en-noun|sticks of furniture}} stick of furniture (plural sticks of furniture)
  1. An inadequate piece of furniture.
    Sense id: en-stick_of_furniture-en-noun-cP6nQ3mQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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