caviller

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To the merely fanciful caviller at the result of this attempt, it would be a prostitution of time and patience, even if one had both in the requisite quantity, to offer a reply.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 17 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Kerr, Robert

For my temptation to think it a right, I refer every caviller to a brick house, sashed windows below, and casements above, in Highbury.

From Emma by Austen, Jane

The caviller will say at once: "Could not someone else have done the work equally well—either a near relation in the other sphere or a ministering angel?"

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine

"The chief benefit conferred upon society and humanity by a large proportion of our population," he would have cynically observed to any caviller, "is by dying and becoming useful 'subjects.'"

From Mlle. Fouchette A Novel of French Life by Murray, Charles Theodore

He was no conceited or froward caviller at authority, nor born rebel against established teachers and governors.

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Turgot by Morley, John