old stick
(idiomatic, colloquial, British) A person.
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tbf Charles is actually a decent old stick - he was the brother-in-law of a dear late ex of mine and I used to see quite a lot of him. The Telegraph columns are definitely his more colourful side.
Imagine St. Macarius, but without the beard, in a polo shirt, and instead of the flaming cherub in the Sina desert it’s an old stick-shift Impreza RS on the north side of Chicago. That’s my uncle.
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(idiomatic, colloquial, British) A person.
“tbf Charles is actually a decent old stick - he was the brother-in-law of a dear late ex of mine and I used to see quite a lot of him. The Telegraph columns are definitely his more colourful side.”
He's a funny old stick but I think you'll like him.
“tbf Charles is actually a decent old stick - he was the brother-in-law of a dear late ex of mine and I used to see quite a lot of him. The Telegraph columns are definitely his more colourful side.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Imagine St. Macarius, but without the beard, in a polo shirt, and instead of the flaming cherub in the Sina desert it’s an old stick-shift Impreza RS on the north side of Chicago. That’s my uncle.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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