niggler
/ˈnɪɡ(ə)lə/ /ˈnɪɡlə/noun
A person who niggles; especially a person who pays excessive attention to detail; a pedant.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Hutton (1739–1806), writer on topography and etymology. From niggle + -er.
- the rub of the green
- the rules of the game
- the Rump
- the Sahara
- the salt of the earth
- (the) same to you!
- the sands (of time) are running out
- thesaurus
- the scales fall from someone's eyes
- the scheme of things
- the school of hard knocks
- the Scillies
- these
- the Secession
- these days
- these presents
- the Serpent
- Theseus
- the seven deadly sins
- the seven seas
- the seven-year itch
- the Seychelles
- the Shades
- the shape of things to come
- the sharp end