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Definition of Stick-in-the-mud

1. Noun. Someone who moves slowly. "In England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach"

2. Adjective. (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned. "Moss-grown ideas about family life"

Definition of Stick-in-the-mud

1. Noun. (context: mildly insulting idiomatic) (alternative spelling of stick in the mud) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stick-in-the-mud

stichomancy stichometrical stichometries stichometry stichomythia stichomythias stichomythic stichomythies stichomythy stichos

stichs stichtite stick stick-and-carrot stick-fighting stick-in-the-mud (current term) stick-in-the-mud(p) stick-in-the-muds stick-on stick-tight

stick-tights stick-to-it-iveness stick-to-itiveness stick 'em up stick a fork stick about stick and carrot stick around stick by stick cinnamon

Literary usage of Stick-in-the-mud

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1880)
"It makes Stick- in-the-mud, who has only lately despatched an immense meal, ... stick-in-the-mud fancies the delay is caused by ignorance as to the proper ..."

2. An Excursion to California Over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great by William Kelly (1851)
"... Rain Storm—Pleasing Scenery—Stick in the Mud—Unpleasant Quarters—Wolfish Serenade—Indian Creek—Handsome Landscape—Indian Visit—Crossing of the Wakarusa; ..."

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