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Meanings of fusspot in English

Thinks about unfortunate things that might happen.

Usage of fusspot in English
1
He was a bit of a fusspot, tended to be ingratiating.
Depths
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But the problem is this -the old fusspot absolutely refuses to drink tap-water
The Irish Times
3
In a whisper, she added, "Allie is being a fusspot."
The Fireman
4
Birkenhead is nervous by nature; she's also a bit of a fusspot when it comes to her words.
The new yorker
5
Oh, all right, then, fusspot.
Outlander
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Elizabeth liked this rotund Welshman: He was a bit of a fusspot, but kindly and avuncular, and utterly devoted to her.
The lady elizabeth
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That slightly daffy fusspot that Meryl Streep has been perfecting over the past 20 years is beginning to wear a bit thin.
The Irish Times
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Someone thinks that packing is an unnecessary faff, the preserve of controlling fusspots.
The Guardian
9
Why should a few fusspots interrupt this happy reciprocity?
The Guardian
10
Fusspots say this is a sexualised society; in fact we are comestiblised, a word I have just invented.
The Guardian
Frequent collocations
Fusspot through the time