a. and sb. [f. vbl. phrase stick out: see STICK v. 32.] A. adj. That projects.
1900. Elinor Glyn, Visits Elizabeth (1906), 2. There is a woman I like, with stick-out teeth.
B. sb. A strike (of employés).
1845. Disraeli, Sybil, III. i. I’ve … seen as great stick-outs as ever happened in this country.
