"stick-and-poke" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} stick-and-poke (not comparable)
  1. Being or relating to a kind of tattoo made without a machine, by dipping a needle into ink and poking dots into the skin. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-stick-and-poke-en-adj-PL7~04g~ Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49

Noun

Forms: stick-and-pokes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stick-and-poke (plural stick-and-pokes)
  1. Such a tattoo.
    Sense id: en-stick-and-poke-en-noun-Gk-Zjc1C Categories (other): English coordinated pairs, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Body art Disambiguation of English coordinated pairs: 53 47 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Body art: 27 73

Inflected forms

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