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stickybeak

[ stik-ee-beek ]

noun

, Australian Slang.
  1. a busybody; meddler.

stickybeak

/ ˈstɪkɪˌbiːk /

noun

  1. an inquisitive person

verb

  1. intr to pry

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stickybeak1

First recorded in 1925–30; sticky + beak

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Word History and Origins

Origin of stickybeak1

from sticky + beak 1(in the slang sense: a human nose)

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