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

But when a young smatterer uses them to advertise his calling acquaintance with a language, he is but proclaiming his own lack of good taste.

From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)

In history he was the merest smatterer, though it was his favorite reading, and he was always talking about Sparta, Athens, and Rome.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

Walpole described 'Mr. Fenn of East Dereham in Norfolk' as 'a smatterer in antiquity, but a very good sort of man.'

From George Borrow and His Circle Wherein May Be Found Many Hitherto Unpublished Letters Of Borrow And His Friends by Shorter, Clement King

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