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- noun Alternative spelling of
fussbudget .
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Examples
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She did a great job--unaltered, the bags were hideous...and an Open Sesame for shoplifting speaking as a fuss-budget vendor.
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And the real question was whether the erasable fuss-budget of the revolution would make a great book but it turns out ...
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Suddenly the general was no longer a cross, sleepy little fuss-budget.
Starchild Omnibus Pohl, Frederik & Williamson, Jack 1963
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It is not for herself that the fuss-budget should mend her ways, but for the great good of humanity at large.
The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Helen Follett Stevans
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If I had a nervous fuss-budget under my care, the first thing I would do would be to feed her well.
The Woman Beautiful or, The Art of Beauty Culture Helen Follett Stevans
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"Don't be an old fuss-budget, George," said Pringle reprovingly.
The Desire of the Moth; and the Come On Eugene Manlove Rhodes 1901
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It behooves him rather to consider the danger of his occupying the unenviable position of the "fuss-budget."
Why Worry? George Lincoln Walton 1897
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Most readers of The Thrift Column by fuss-budget are now familiar with the way Sri Lanka's monetary law has made it very easy for the state to mis-use the central bank as a 'cookie jar' to print money and drive inflation up or cause balance of payments crises.
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Chilling Sri Lanka central bank forecast comes true 59 years later: fuss-budget
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Protection is VERY good, but CIS is a fuss-budget at times -- i.e., lots of pop-ups from time to time.
Fileforum 2010
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