stick man—
1. a figure that is drawn to represent people:
- I barely have the ability to draw a stick-man, so any semi-decent painting is going to receive my admiration.
2. (U.S.) a casino employee; a croupier:
- Then the stickman rakes in the dice, picks them up, and tosses them back to the shooter.
3. (Underworld) an accomplice of a thief:
- A man who is called a “stickman,” an accomplice of hers, comes to the bar…. If they have by this time secured the booty, it is passed to the latter.
4. (Underworld) a police patrol officer:
- The stick man is due here in about three minutes. Hurry.
5. (U.S. Drug users) a smoker of marijuana cigarettes:
- Ernie was a stick man till he started being less particular.
stickup man—(Underworld) an armed robber; a mugger:
- Any moron could get a gun and become a stickup man.