I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry.
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Stickybeak
//ˈstɪkibiːk//
Synonyms for "stickybeak" (7 found)
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German
1 entries- Schnüffler noun (nosy person)
Māori
1 entries- ihu kurī noun (nosy person)
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Babies of this age are delightful stickybeaks, vitally interested in everything and everyone around them.
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1999, Kate Grenville, The Idea of Perfection, 2012, Text Publishing, unnumbered page, And I like a chat, kind of thing. She glanced at Harley. Plus I′m a stickybeak, as you know.
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Vanessa took hold of his hand. ‘She′s a dear friend as well as my business manager and,’ she giggled as she admitted her agent′s greatest flaw, ‘when it comes to her clients, the world′s biggest stickybeak.’
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