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stick·ler (stik′lər)

noun

  1. a person who insists on the strict observance of something specified: usually with for a stickler for discipline
  2. ☆ Informal something puzzling or difficult to solve

Etymology: see stickle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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