smatterer

Example Sentences

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But in geometry and rational arithmetic he is a smatterer, though expert at computation; at the board he is a trained man of business.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II by Smith, David Eugene

At this explanation she shook her head, and observed that no smatterer could read as I had done.

From The Adventures of Roderick Random by Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Oh the chatterer, oh the flatterer, Oh the smatterer in science, To whom all things clear should be!

From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah

The veriest smatterer in political economy cannot but perceive the ruinous tendency of such a measure.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

I remember, when I first saw thee, my mind laboured with a strong puzzle, whether I should put thee down for a great fool, or a smatterer in wit.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel