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stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]

noun

Australian Slang.
  1. a busybody; meddler.

stickybeak

/ ˈɪɪˌː /

noun

  1. an inquisitive person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. intr to pry
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stickybeak1

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stickybeak1

from sticky + beak 1(in the slang sense: a human nose)
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Example Sentences

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Standing in the doorway of his caravan, shirtless and eating a banana, he said he had stopped by to have a “stickybeak.”

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