Why "not one of them" being used?
Taken from a book about Poirot, the thug just have said he was with friends last evening:

"What about the men he mentions?"
"A bad crowd — not one of them would stick at perjury."

I don't understand why "not one of them" being used here, cause apparently all of them will stick at prejury O_o

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Why "not one of them" being used?
Taken from a book about Poirot, the thug just have said he was with friends last evening:

"What about the men he mentions?"
"A bad crowd — not one of them would stick at perjury."

I don't understand why "not one of them" being used here, cause apparently all of them will stick at prejury O_o

Answer

The verb "stick" here means to hesitate, usually followed by "at". So none of this crowd would have any scruples against perjury.

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