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stickle
[ stik-uhl ]
verb (used without object)
- to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
- to raise objections; scruple; demur.
stickle
/ ˈstɪkəl /
verb
- to dispute stubbornly, esp about minor points
- to refuse to agree or concur, esp by making petty stipulations
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Origin of stickle1
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Example Sentences
At the usual hour that night the employés of Stickle and Screw left work and took their several ways home ward.
Some species of fish, notably the stickle-back and the bass, make nests and mother their young.
I would not stickle about hours, but the money and the drink are very just.
Harrison Stickle, 'the next neighbour of Pavey Ark, is another happy hunting-ground for beginners.
This and the other gills between it and Stickle Tarn afford good climbing up the walls by which they are enclosed.
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