English

Noun

stick plaster ‎(plural stick plasters)

1. (Britain) Alternative form of sticking plaster
   • 1929, The Melliand, Volume 1, Number 6, page 897:

     […] , blood vessel bandages, plaster bandages, sanitary pads and bandages, washable gauze bandages, silk stick plasters, bandage papers, etc.

   • 2001, Graham Arthurs, Anaesthesia: A Concise Handbook, page 93:

     Attach catheter onto two circular double stick plasters, one at the site of catheter entry to the skin and the other 5 cm away.

   • 2012, Ben Wilson, quoted in "Banking IT cowboys 'need whipping into shape by watchdog'", The Register:

     For the past four years, government and regulators have been trying to treat the wounds exposed by the financial crisis with stick plasters.