fuddy-duddy in the PONS Dictionary

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This is not because of some fuddy-duddy, superstitious fear of cloud storage.
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You would think the person who wrote safety rules must have been an old fuddy-duddy who couldn't stand to see people having fun.
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She admits that the fuddy-duddy image initially put her off.
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That fuddy-duddy link to gold had helped do something rather useful to banks.
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A bunch of fuddy-duddy courtiers, drawn from the hereditary aristocracy.
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But for him, such fuddy-duddy perceptions are irrelevant.
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Such an outburst could mark her out as even more of a fuddy-duddy, but not when you know what lies behind it.
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Some accused me of being a fuddy-duddy, the cyber equivalent of a grumpy old woman.
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Afternoon tea, once considered a fuddy-duddy event, is undergoing a revival.
www.independent.ie
All in all, it smacked of something that was at once creepy, fuddy-duddy and draconian.
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