caviller

Example Sentences

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The caviller may object to the application of the words “fine art” to culinary operations, but the objection rests on superficial thought. 

From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton

The caviller will say at once: "Could not someone else have done the work equally well—either a near relation in the other sphere or a ministering angel?"

From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine

So caviller like I submitted to pow'r, And was coddled in troth for the third of an hour.

From A Season at Harrogate by Hofland, Mrs. (Barbara)

"The noble cavalier characterized," "& a rebellious caviller cauterized," 1644 or 5.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

So that in what has been hitherto printed of the Testament, there is little, if any thing, with which any one but a professed caviller can find fault.

From Letters of George Borrow to the British and Foreign Bible Society by Darlow, Thomas Herbert