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- noun Plural form of
stick-in-the-mud .
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Examples
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I find more fault with Knocked Up at showcasing women as stick-in-the-muds who need a slacker lover to get them to wake up and smell the roses.
Archive 2007-12-01 2007
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These stick-in-the-muds would also point out that in libel law, it is the defendant ie Moore and the BBC to prove that they have case, and not the claimant, Bari.
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I find more fault with Knocked Up at showcasing women as stick-in-the-muds who need a slacker lover to get them to wake up and smell the roses.
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All those stick-in-the-muds who stay away from new music?
Mystery Date Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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All those stick-in-the-muds who stay away from new music?
Archive 2006-10-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2006
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Dylan Jones-Evans is hardly the first person on the blogosphere to bring up the idea of making St David's Day a national holiday, but this is a subject that needs to be brought up again and again until those stick-in-the-muds in Labour realise that it's a good idea.
Archive 2007-08-01 2007
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These days, audiophiles and technical stick-in-the-muds properly laud the aural beauty of the "tube" sound, but the glass casings and inner workings of vacuum tubes are rather fragile and they need a protective case, as well as some large batteries to power up.
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These days, audiophiles and technical stick-in-the-muds properly laud the aural beauty of the "tube" sound, but the glass casings and inner workings of vacuum tubes are rather fragile and they need a protective case, as well as some large batteries to power up.
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Hey, I can have fun without alcohol, no matter what some stick-in-the-muds might think.
bethany9 Diary Entry bethany9 2004
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"Stasists" - stick-in-the-muds who reflexively fear change and want control, complete control
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