caviller

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So that in what has been hitherto printed of the Testament, there is little, if any thing, with which any one but a professed caviller can find fault.

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert

There he was unstable, indecisive, happy-go-lucky, a trifler, a procrastinator; hopelessly unpractical himself, and what was much more tiresome, a consistent caviller at the practical in others.

From Denis Dent A Novel by Hornung, Ernest W.

Though he was an authority among the young men in sailing boats, he had not attained this distinction by being a critic and caviller.

From The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder by Optic, Oliver

"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

As to any mistakes I have made in computation, they are of little moment; and I shall not descend so low as to justify them against any caviller.

From The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish by Scott, Temple