STICKLE
\stˈɪkə͡l], \stˈɪkəl], \s_t_ˈɪ_k_əl]\
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To separate combatants by intervening.
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To contend, contest, or altercate, esp. in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.
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To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
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To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.
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To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening; hence, to arbitrate.
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To wrangle or contend stubbornly, especially about something of little importance; to hesitate; to have scruples.
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Stickler.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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