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stick-in-the-mud n
Informal a staid or predictably conservative person who lacks initiative or imagination ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
stick-in-the-mud noun (Informal) (old) fogey, conservative, reactionary, stick (informal), dinosaur, die-hard, fuddy-duddy (informal), Colonel Blimp, sobersides a stick-in-the-mud who prefers the old, tried and tested methods Translations stick-in-the-mud [ˈstɪkɪnðəˌmʌd] n (fam) → retrogrado/a stick-in-the-mud [ˈstɪkɪnðəˌmʌd] n (fam) → retrogrado/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He said it was very true; and then began to praise the life, and tell what a pleasure it was to get on shore with money in his pocket, and spend it like a man, and buy apples, and swagger, and surprise what he called stick-in-the-mud boys. |
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