The phrase "a single stick of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to one unit of a long, thin object, often in the context of food or materials.
Example: "I need a single stick of butter for this recipe."
Alternatives: "one stick of" or "a lone stick of".
(I've frequently rubbed a single stick of butter on an entire turkey. But a whole pound? This is bravado!) He pushes the meats with his finger.
One time, she packed me a single stick of Juicy Fruit gum, a box of toothpicks, and a note asking me to stay late after school because a gentleman friend was coming over".
At 9 30 P.M., 30 January, a single stick of dynamite exploded on the King family's porch; Coretta Scott King and a friend, Dexter member Mary Lucy Williams, had been in the living room when they heard an object land on the front porch.
But image clearly counts for a lot these days, and the Postal Service's nine-digit ZIP codes, which permit mail carriers to ignore place names entirely, make it easier for anyone to migrate to a more fashionable mailing address without moving a single stick of furniture.
Since opening in 2004, LISN has become a popular destination for the city's stylish young shoppers, who are willing to pay as much as 400 yen, or $3.25 at 126 Japanese yen to the dollar, for a single stick of scent.
Squidward is certainly not one of those people who goes camping every weekend and doesn't own a single stick of deodorant.
Wherever the idea came from, the translation of human will into machine movement via a single stick may be one of the most overlooked achievements of the last 100 years.
They were called Fasci (Fascio literally means bundle) because everyone can break a single stick, but no one can break a bundle of sticks.
Woman thwarted by possible single stick of stubble on otherwise sideboard-smooth leg.
It's possible to imagine the potato chip becoming like the single stick of chewing gum, three-course meal that imperiled Violet Beauregarde in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
