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niggle
verb- to do something in a finicky, fussy or time-wasting manner UK, 1893
Originally, certainly from about 1640, in conventional use; now, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, chiefly colloquial. - He would probably have found something to niggle away at[.] — Observer, 9 November 2003
- to irritate, to cause a slight but persistent annoyance UK, 1796
Generally considered to be a conventional use; included here for its derivatives which are certainly in this dictionary’s domain. - [T]he question, “Will I find another job if I leave this one?”, is starting to niggle. — Guardian, 27 January 2003
- to have sex US
- — Joseph E. Ragen and Charles Finston, Inside the World’s Toughest Prison, p. 809, 1962: “Penitentiary and underworld glossary”
- in horse racing, to urge a horse with hands and rein UK
- — Rita Cannon, Let’s Go Racing, p. 72, 1948
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