smatterer

Example Sentences

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Too vast a subject, ma'am," he said, "for a smatterer like me.

From No Name by Collins, Wilkie

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

When yet if you consult historians, you'll find no princes more pestilent to the commonwealth than where the empire has fallen to some smatterer in philosophy or one given to letters.

From The Praise of Folly by Wilson, John

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)

Don't spare study; if you will be a lawyer, become a good one, not a smatterer.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary