Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Excessively meticulous; fussy.
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- adjective
Fussy ;particular ;demanding to have things just right. - noun informal A
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- adjective exacting especially about details
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Examples
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The part that's the most picky is the roasting and peeling of the chiles and the walnuts, but it's worth the trouble!
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E, on the other hand, as the previous anecdote hints, is not such a great eater we don’t use the word picky only because we don’t believe in it.
Opposite Eaters Becca 2005
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E, on the other hand, as the previous anecdote hints, is not such a great eater we don’t use the word picky only because we don’t believe in it.
Archive 2005-01-01 Becca 2005
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I could be called picky, but when I spend a lot of money on an appliance, I expect it to work for a long time ... like maybe a week or two before the ice maker goes kablooey, or the washer stops going through the spin cycle, or a cup put in the wrong place on the upper dishwasher rack makes the upper washer arm work under noisy protest.
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-- We all have foods we dislike, and some of us might be termed picky eaters, but when we have to deal with a youngster who refuses to eat the food we prepare -- the experience can be frustrating, acknowledges an expert in Penn State's College of
Penn State Live 2010
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-- We all have foods we dislike, and some of us might be termed picky eaters, but when we have to deal with a youngster who refuses to eat the food we prepare -- the experience can be frustrating, acknowledges an expert in Penn State's College of
Penn State Live 2010
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-- We all have foods we dislike, and some of us might be termed picky eaters, but when we have to deal with a youngster who refuses to eat the food we prepare -- the experience can be frustrating, acknowledges an expert in Penn State's College of
Penn State Live 2010
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If you don't know my husband I should mention here that he's what you'd probably call a picky eater.
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While one of our Golden's will eat anything, the other is extraordinarily picky, that is unless I drop a little
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Oh! Last night I was labelled a picky eater by someone outside the family which I thought was just rude as shit.
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000
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