stickle
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Classicists from Nick's, who stickle for the traditions of the Chicago Style, nodded their heads in austere approval.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meanwhile in London His Majesty's Government continued to stickle for the oath in a sharp note to the Irish Free State, so sharp that last week neither sender nor receiver would divulge the contents.
From Time Magazine Archive
The world is wondrous fickle; But lately it would stickle For Progress by Exam.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, May 30, 1891 by Various
No, Harey," he continued, "I won't stickle for knives, or even pistols.
From Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War by S. B. Pearse
The water was of a clear, limpid green, new-flushed with the tide, with a faint stickle moving down it, carrying the white, fallen petals of the may.
From Joanna Godden by Sheila Kaye-Smith
"You may even say, My Lord," replied Athos, who stickled for propriety.
From The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas père
Ammon stickled for the eternal principle of righteousness, and contended that it had been violated in the first instance.
From Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject by E. N. Elliott
He stickled as little against mere forms as for them; only, if they stood between the soul and Christ or between a Christian and his brethren, then he was their uncompromising opponent.
From The Life of St. Paul by James Stalker
The widow Bevis indeed stickled hard for me.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 5 by Samuel Richardson
We readily perceived that they were close dealers, stickled much for trifles, and never closed the bargain until they thought they had the advantage.
From First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 by Noah Brooks
The film, which was made largely with a $20,000 grant from the Wikimedia Foundation, spends time showing what has been lost to Wikipedia because of stickling rules of citation and verification.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2011
After the "Schweinehund Speech," however, it was clear that Briand and Poincare are one in stickling for cash.
From Time Magazine Archive
I really think I could give you a commission without much stickling of my conscience.
From Vivian Grey by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
Perhaps it is in order to compensate for our laxity of interpretation upon these points that we are so rigid in stickling for accuracy upon those which make no demand upon our comfort or convenience?
From The Fair Haven by R. A. (Richard Alexander) Streatfeild
Call it by another name, then—if you prefer stickling about terms.
From The Finger of Fate A Romance by Mayne Reid
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