stickman

noun8

1. •
   A simple drawing of a man with lines to represent limbs and torso.
2. •
   A male drummer.

   • Our second stickman was much more behind the scenes. Earl Young was the in-house drummer at Philadelphia Records. — 2019
3. •
   A player in a game played with a stick (such as hockey or lacrosse).

   • Because they have carried the puck so often and for so many miles, centers are usually the most experienced stickmen, and their talents are necessary to win a face-off. — 1972
4. •
   A dealer in gambling who gathers the dice with a stick.

   • Then, when it was his turn to shoot, he reached out with a completely empty hand and caught the dice the stickman threw to him. — 1980
5. •
   (slang) A cocksman.
6. •
   A stick seller, especially of walking sticks.

   • There’s only one stick-man in the streets, as far as I know, I think—that has what you may call a capital in sticks. Only the other day I saw him sell a registered stick near Charing-cross. — 1851
7. •
   (US) A person who makes confectionery by pulling candy onto a stick.

   • Stick candy is made by a stick puller or stickman, who pulls the hard candy after it has been boiled; […] — 1903
8. •
   (slang, no longer used) A pickpocket's accomplice who takes the stolen goods in case the pickpocket is searched.

   • In some cases, when the property is taken from the drunken man, one of the women on some pretext steps to the door and passes it to the “stickman” standing outside, who then makes off with it. — 1861