licorice stick

noun

, Slang.

First recorded in 1930–35

The licorice-stick was so shiny and black, and he had laid his tongue on it one sweet instant, so he knew just how good it tasted.

He held up the licorice-stick and traced a wavery little line round it with his finger-nail.

She would open it by-and-by and find the golden alley and the singing-top and the licorice-stick.

"Dey's nice black print," Licorice Stick said with reverent appreciation.

Here was a miracle indeed, compared with which the prophecies and spooky adventures of Licorice Stick were as nothing.

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