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sticky wicket
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sticky wicket
(noun)
sticky wicket
noun
sticky wicket
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of STICKY WICKET
[
singular
]
British, informal
:
a difficult situation
It's a bit of a
sticky wicket
.
She was
on a sticky wicket
when she saw her friend steal the fund-raiser money.
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