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n. - A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing; A particularly difficult or baffling question or problem; An adhesive label; A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.

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  • Then she looked more closely: The label sticker was affixed to a bottle containing a different medicine.
  • It may soon get to the point where having an Obama sticker is an open invitation to getting shot at.
  • Since the only place where you can get a sticker is at the border, you may have to drive back there to sort it out.
  • Unless I find it, the magic sticker is lost again.
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