castle-builder

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"I want it to be over with," says Wing, a self-described obsessive-compulsive castle-builder, "but I'm not going to walk away from it."

From Forbes • Dec. 10, 2010

"I'm but an indifferent castle-builder, papa," said she, laughing softly.

From The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life by Lever, Charles James

I was a great castle-builder once, but time has cured me of the habit, and I do not like, even by a pledge, to forestall the morrow.

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

Its idea is modified differently from the loose reveries of a castle-builder: But no distinct impression attends every distinct idea, or conception of matter of fact.

From A Treatise of Human Nature by Hume, David

With the true genius of a political castle-builder, Mr. Falconer began to add story after story to the edifice, of which he had thus promptly and successfully laid the foundation.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Edgeworth, Maria