colloq. [f. STICKY a.] trans. To smear with something sticky.

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1865.  Mrs. Gaskell, Wives & Dau., xxxv. Cook wanted a jar of preserve,… I was sadly afraid of stickying my gloves.

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1894.  R. C. V. Meyers, in Harper’s Mag., May, 853/1. He’s stickying all the velvet seat with his hands, too.

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