Meaning & use
Fussbudget
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A person who worries or complains excessively about small, unimportant details.
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Her grandfather was a real fussbudget about how the dishes were stacked.
Stop being such a fussbudget and just let the kids choose their own outfits.
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A chiefly American informal term; the comic strip character Lucy van Pelt in Peanuts is famously called a fussbudget.
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