carper

Example Sentences

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That's how much of a carper from the sidelines I am.

From The Guardian • May 31, 2014

It would be churlish to carp that Pavement has erred in excluding "Texas Never Whispers"—and churlishness is among the band's modes—and the carper would have to concede that it was right to include "Debris Slide."

From Slate • Mar. 19, 2010

But the Daily Express' Cecil Smith, often a carper, came and was conquered.

From Time Magazine Archive

More often, however, he carps; and Harvey is really a phi beta carper.

From Time Magazine Archive

The fortunate issue of the war silenced every carper, and the ten years following have been well named the "era of good feeling."

From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin