quibbler

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He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

But he still objected to my reading that book, called me a contumacious quibbler too fond of disputation, and ordered me to return it to the accommodating owner.

From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by Muir, John

Chicā′ner, one who chicanes: a quibbler; Chicā′nery, trickery or artifice, esp. in legal proceedings: quibbling; Chicā′ning, quibbling.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

Joe Hume himself could not have questioned one solitary item in our budget: and I defy the veriest quibbler on a grand jury to 'traverse,' a spangle on a pair of our theatrical smallclothes.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

Prēvaricā′tion, the act of quibbling to evade the truth; Prēvar′icātor, one who prevaricates to evade the truth: a quibbler.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various