stick-in-the-mud

[ stik-in-thuh-muhd ]

/ ˈstɪk ɪn ðəˌmʌd /

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noun

someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.

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Origin of stick-in-the-mud

First recorded in 1725–35

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Added to drinking water at concentrations of around one part per million, fluoride ions stick to dental plaque.
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British Dictionary definitions for stick-in-the-mud

stick-in-the-mud

noun

informal a staid or predictably conservative person who lacks initiative or imagination

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