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Stick-in-the-mud

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Noun

1. plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mud

someone who moves slowly

Example Sentences:
'in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach'

Adjective

2. fogyish, moss-grown, mossy, stick-in-the-mud, stodgy

(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned

Example Sentences:
'moss-grown ideas about family life'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Stick-in-the-mud

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noun
informal
a staid or predictably conservative person who lacks initiative or imagination

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Stick-in-the-mud

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noun
Informal
a person who resists change or progress, new ideas, etc.

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Stick-in-the-mud

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n. pl. stick-in-the-muds
Informal
One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.

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