carper
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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
No chronic carper, Mr. Simmonds found much good to report to British airmen: � England should learn from the U. S. the secret of high-speed, high-frequency schedules.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But the Daily Express' Cecil Smith, often a carper, came and was conquered.
From Time Magazine Archive
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We are far from sharing the opinion of a carper who remarked that, as sermons go, this volume is rather dear.
From Flowers of Freethought (First Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)