quipster

Example Sentences

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Baseball at its essence is an exquisite, beautifully crafted game that, as a quipster once noted, has survived every attempt by the people in charge to ruin it.

From Seattle Times

So Barkley, the NBA Hall of Famer and nationally televised analyst and quipster, hung out with the Angels for their morning meeting, making jokes and telling stories.

From Los Angeles Times

We know what former NBA coach and prolific quipster Frank Layden would say about Tacko Fall, the Boston Celtics newest signee: "You can't teach height."

From Fox News

And yet because the movie is mostly scenes of recording sessions, squabbling and self-pity, Mercury’s stardom is made beside the point — it’s assumed — so Malek gets to play a charismatic sufferer, -quipster and, eventually, proud brown gay man.

From New York Times

Playing a role: To justify their presence, some gay guests felt compelled to fall back on familiar stereotypes: the sharp-eyed style maven, dishing out tips on the bride’s mother’s lipstick, or the campy quipster, eliciting howls of laughter with outré one-liners in wedding speeches.

From New York Times