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stickler

[ stik-ler ]

noun

  1. a person who insists on something unyieldingly (usually followed by for ):

    a stickler for ceremony.

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  2. any puzzling or difficult problem.

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stickler

/ ˈ²õ³Ùɪ°ì±ôÉ™ /

noun

  1. usually foll by for a person who makes insistent demands

    a stickler for accuracy

  2. a problem or puzzle

    the investigation proved to be a stickler

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of stickler1

First recorded in 1530–40; stickle + -er 1
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I can be quite a stickler with tuning.

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“He’s such a stickler for the details that sometimes I have to tell him to give himself some grace, allow himself to be a little more kind to himself,†Pleasant said.

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Samuel Beckett, a stickler for faithfulness, didn’t share this laissez-faire attitude toward his stage directions, which he expected to be punctiliously observed by others.

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In my own home, this year, I became much more of a stickler about wasting food.

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Just as he was as a Pro Bowl quarterback, Palmer is a stickler for preparation and details, and all this is new territory for him.

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