stick-in-the-mud

Example Sentences

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You know the rigmarole—‘Mrs Stick-in-the-mud is exceedingly sorry’—and all that sort of thing.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram

"But what's the other piece of good news that Miss Stick-in-the-mud has for you?"

From The Land of Promise by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)

Old Stick-in-the-mud does not mean 'going,' that I full well see.

From On the Heels of De Wet by James, Lionel

Now old Lady Stick-in-the-mud," he shouted jovially, as he bade Christina good-bye, "I see I can't pull you out of this place with a stumping machine just yet.

From In Orchard Glen by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller

Old Stick-in-the-mud is a lot shrewder than we think.

From The Man with the Clubfoot by Williams, Valentine