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stickybeak
A nosy person; also to pry, investigate or look around inquisitively.
In a sentence
The neighbours had a stickybeak at the renovations.
Where it came from
ABC directly explains stickybeak as Australian slang for prying/investigating and for a nosy person.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established