[f. STICK sb.1 or v.2 + -ER1.] One who gathers sticks for firewood.
From a misreading of quot. 1422, Cowel, followed by Todd and later Dicts., has a spurious word stickler.
1422. Rolls of Parlt., IV. 179/1. Un Homme appellee Stikker, coillant chescun jour Bois, deins mesmes le Park.
1821. Clare, Vill. Minstr., II. 24. The ragged plundering stickers have been there, And pilfer’d it [a wattled arbour] away.
