From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmatchstick men/figuresmatchstick men/figuresBritish EnglishAV people in pictures who have been drawn with thin lines to represent their arms, legs, and bodies, as if by a child SYN stick person American English → matchstick
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matchstick men/figures• More like troubled at mill Salford says there's more to its patron saint than pictures of matchstick men. 