stickit

[ stik-it ]

adjectiveScot.
  1. (of a task or product) imperfect; ruined.

  2. (of a person) unsuccessful, especially in a chosen occupation.

Origin of stickit

1
1780–90; variant of sticked.See stick2, -ed2

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stickit

Continue what one is doing, endure something to the end, as in I hate large parties but I promised her I'd stick it to the end. [Early 1900s] Also see stick out, def. 2.

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