Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. the erect penis.

1607		Dekker & Webster Northward Hoe IV i: Garlick has a white head and a greene stalke, then why should not I?
1656		‘A New Year’s Gift’ in Wardroper (1969) 215: If pretty bun the stalk devour / ’Twill up again in half an hour. / When once the bun it doth espy / ’Twill mop, ’twill mop, ’twill mop most prettily.
1661		‘A New Year’s Gift’ in Farmer Merry Songs and Ballads (1897) V 36: If pretty Bun the stalk devour, / ’Twil up again in half an hour.
1732		Ladies Delight 2: From this erect springs up the Stalk.
1790		‘Bumper Allnight. Esquire’ Honest Fellow 50: Each night she enjoys the fruit, / By getting the stalk within it.
1966		Trimble 5000 Adult Sex Words and Phrases.
1974		Adamson & Hanford Zimmer’s Essay 62: The doctor had completed his ramp of Glaister’s stalk.
1977		D. Powis Signs of Crime 202: Stalk [...] an erection of the penis.
1988		‘Victoria Parker’ Incest Schoolgirls 🌐 He had a great erection, and he was playing with it! Jilly saw his hand clutching the long stalk.
1992		(con. 1920–57) Randolph & Legman Ozark Folksongs and Folklore II 787: Other common names for the male organ are stalk, tackey, tail, tally-whacker, thing, [etc.].
1998		P. McCabe Breakfast on Pluto 10: Hence the persistently colourful titles of my submitted essays, e.g. ‘Father Stalk Sticks It In’.
2001		G. Coughlan Everyday Eng. and Sl. 🌐 Stalk (n) penis.

2. the gallows.

1889–90		Barrère & Leland Dict. of Sl., Jargon and Cant.
1890–1904		Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues.

3. (UK Und.) a policeman.

1889

Clarkson & Richardson Police! 320: A policeman ... A fly, [...] body-snatcher, raw lobster, tin ribs, stalk, danger signal, terror etc.

4. a tie-pin [resemblance].

1931		‘English Und. Sl.’ in Variety 8 Apr. n.p.: Stork [sic]—Tie pin.
1938		F.D. Sharpe Sharpe of the Flying Squad 333: stalk : Tiepin.

5. in fig. use of sense 1, cheek.

1977

D. Powis Signs of Crime 202: Stalk [...] courage or cheek.

6. (US black) in pl., the human legs.

1972

D. Claerbaut Black Jargon in White America 81: stalks n. legs.