stickler

stick·ler (st

1. One who insists on something unyieldingly: a stickler for neatness.

2. Something puzzling or difficult.

stickler [ˈstɪklə]

1. (usually foll by for) a person who makes insistent demands a stickler for accuracy

2. a problem or puzzle the investigation proved to be a stickler

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Noun

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) I'm a bit of a stickler for accuracy.

Translations

stickler [ˈstɪkləʳ] N to be a stickler for → insistir mucho en
he's a real stickler for correct spelling → insiste mucho en la correcta ortografía

stickler [ˈstɪklə^r] n
to be a stickler for sth → être pointilleux/euse sur qch
stick-on [ˈstɪkɒn] adj [label, badge] → adhésif/ive
stick shift n (US) [car] → levier m de vitesses
stick-up [ˈstɪkʌp] n (= hold-up) → braquage m >, hold-up m

stickler

n to be a stickler for something → es mit etw peinlich genau nehmen

stickler [ˈstɪkləʳ] n to be a stickler for → essere esigente in fatto di, essere pignolo/a su

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Rule-monger

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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