quibbler

Example Sentences

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He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

Thus had confusion been brought to the last quibbler in Zion.

From The Lions of the Lord A Tale of the Old West by Wilson, Harry Leon

Joe Hume himself could not have questioned one solitary item in our budget: and I defy the veriest quibbler on a grand jury to 'traverse,' a spangle on a pair of our theatrical smallclothes.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

He was adroit and quick, and was rather a quibbler than a great lawyer.

From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry

Thus did the metaphysical poet resemble the quibbler exercising precisely the same tyranny over ideas, which the latter practised upon sounds only.

From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George