sticking-place

See also: sticking place

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Noun

sticking-place (plural sticking-places)

  1. (idiomatic, dated) The point at which a process or thing, especially a state of mind or emotion, reaches its greatest strength and remains steadfast; sticking point.
    • 1611, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 1, scene 7:
      But screw your courage to the sticking-place,
      And we'll not fail.
    • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, Book 3.I. September:
      Old men, who heard it, will still tell you how the reverberating voice made all hearts swell, in that moment; and braced them to the sticking-place.

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