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stuck-up

[stuhk-uhp] / ˈstʌkˈʌp /


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She leaps on the wall dividing her home and that of her stuck-up neighbors, in heels no less.

From Salon Feb. 4, 2026

This Netflix holiday romance turns to a classic formula: A blue-collar widower strikes up an improbable romance with a stuck-up heiress betrothed to a cocky himbo.

From New York Times Dec. 10, 2022

“Every time you came in, whether you were new or had been there for so long, there was never a stuck-up feeling like you don’t belong.”

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 21, 2022

She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Washington Times Apr. 23, 2022

I hear Emily Grant and her stuck-up friends too.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston




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