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fusspot
noun
a very fussy person UK, 1921
A combination of “fuss”, as an indicator of the dominant characteristic, and -POT[H]er mother with her middle-class fuss pot idea was coming over to visit them for tea. — Troy Kennedy Martin, Z Cars, p. 25, 1962 “And I was the fusspot, about letting her leave school.” — Herman Wouk, The Winds of War, p. 240, 1971 Call me a fusspot, but I don’t see why the fire-fighting equipment couldn’t have gone in the dressing table. — The Guardian, 2 April 2002 |