hair-splitter

Example Sentences

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He isn't going to be the dead easy mark I hoped to find in the son of the old bankrupt hair-splitter, Genie, girl.

From The City of Numbered Days by Lynde, Francis

Lion bearder, hair-splitter, cutter-of-his-own-throat, lover of a country lass.

From The Mighty Dead by Gault, William Campbell

Evidently, coroner and doctor were inclined to be testy with each other, and the newspaper report left the impression that Dr. Scaife was a hair-splitter.

From The House 'Round the Corner by Tracy, Louis

"You are the hair-splitter this time," said he, ruefully.

From The Booming of Acre Hill And Other Reminiscences of Urban and Suburban Life by Bangs, John Kendrick

So severely dialectical was he that he seemed to be a hair-splitter.

From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by Lord, John