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stickler

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stick·ler  (stklr)
n.
1. One who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness.
2. Something puzzling or difficult.
stickler
Noun
a person who insists on something: a stickler for punctuality
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Noun1.stickler - someone who insists on something; "a stickler for promptness"
disciplinarian, martinet, moralist - someone who demands exact conformity to rules and forms
stickler
noun fanatic, nut (slang) maniac (informal) purist, perfectionist, pedant, martinet, hard taskmaster, fusspot Brit. (informal)
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Spanish stickler [ˈstɪkləʳ] n to be a stickler for → insistir mucho en
French stickler [ˈstɪkləʳ] n to be a stickler for → être pointilleux/euse sur
German stickler [ˈstɪkləʳ] n to be a stickler for sth → es mit etw peinlich genau nehmen
Italian stickler [ˈstɪkləʳ] n to be a stickler for → essere pignolo/a su, tenere molto a
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Damon, who, once having been a businessman, was sometimes a stickler for small points.
Tom Swift In The Land Of Wonders by Appleton, Victor View in context
For the King of Bekwando, drunk or sober, was a stickler for etiquette.
A Millionaire of Yesterday by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context
The interference of the partners in the business of the ship, also, was not calculated to have a favorable effect on a stickler for authority like himself, especially in his actual state of feeling towards them.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
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