Definition of "stickwoman"
stickwoman
noun
plural stickwomen
A simple drawing of a woman with lines to represent limbs and torso.
Quotations
Some had illustrated their cards in crayon, and I found these drawings strangely moving. A stickwoman convalescing in bed. A stickwoman weeping tears in red dashes like tracer rounds. In one card, I found myself joining the hapless stickwoman in a transparent, rocket-shaped house.
1988, John Hildebrand, Reading the River: A Voyage Down the Yukon, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, page 137
Use simple symbols to represent different people. Although you can make up your own, here are some suggestions: • stickmen and stickwomen—for yourself and the people in your household as well as male and female family and friends
2019, Donna Thomson, Zachary White, The Unexpected Journey of Caring: The Transformation from Loved One to Caregiver, Rowman & Littlefield, page 156
A female dealer in gambling who gathers the dice with a stick.
Quotations
I step up to the least-crowded crap table, taking my place to the right of a country-and-western-type stickwoman with tightly permed blond hair who looks as if she would be more comfortable dressed in the square-dance outfit of the Frontier than wearing the chinoiserie, or maybe the japonaiserie, of her purple kimono uniform.
1992, Edward Allen, Mustang Sally, New York, N.Y., London: W. W. Norton & Company, page 72
The other day, while at a craps table at Argosy, I saw a 12-11-10 countdown. On a lark, I called out: “Here comes a 9!” Sure enough, the next roll was a 9. I glanced around. Anybody impressed? I looked at the boxman. He was talking to the dealers about patio furniture. I think the stickwoman must have heard it, but there was no sign of recognition of the fact.
2005, R. D. Ellison, Gamble to Win Advanced Craps, Lyle Stuart, Kensington Publishing Corp., page 109
A female player in a game played with a stick (such as hockey or lacrosse).
Quotations
In order to reach the women’s lacrosse field, team members must descend a steep 30 foot embankment into a ravine, cross a set of railroad tracks, and then clamber up the opposite side with the aid of small trees and vines. The stickwomen complain that the conditions become especially muddy and dangerous when it rains.
1984 March 23, Sue DePasquale, “Are All College Athletics Created Equal?”, in The Washington College Elm, page 6