anecdotist
Example Sentences
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The anecdotists speak very kindly of his practical jokes.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
An assortment of broadsheet ballads and scrap-books, bought in boyhood, was the nucleus of Scott's library, rich in the works of poets and magicians, of alchemists, and anecdotists.
From The Library by Lang, Andrew
His library was probably not a large one, for he had but a few favourite authors, the Latin historians, moralists, and anecdotists, and for mere amusement Terence and Catullus, Boccaccio and Rabelais.
From Lost Leaders by Ridge, W. Pett (William Pett)
