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fuss-budget

fuss-budget is the alternative spelling of fussbudget.

Meaning of fussbudget

Noun

fussbudget (plural fussbudgets)

  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.
    • Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.
    Synonyms:
    fussbutton, fusspot

Forms of fuss-budget

pluralfuss-budgets

Questions about fuss-budget

What is fuss-budget the alternative spelling of?
Fuss-budget is the alternative spelling of fussbudget.

Words near fuss-budget in the dictionary

  1. fusospirochetes
  2. fuss
  3. fuss and feathers
  4. fuss around
  5. fuss over
  6. fuss-budget
  7. fuss-budgetry
  8. fuss-budgets
  9. fussable
  10. fussbudget
  11. fussbudgetry

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