chiseler
Example Sentences
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Mr. Polisi was quite literally a chiseler, working with hand tools only, as his forebears did in centuries past, before embellishing his carvings with paint or gold leaf.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2015
Allen says that he is simply an inveterate — even compulsive — chipper and chiseler, who prefers his unconscious creations to his conscious ones.
From New York Times • Apr. 11, 2014
The crested rat is now anatomically and behaviorally dependent on tree toxin for protection, and should Acokanthera go extinct, its little chiseler would soon follow.
From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2012
When the I.L.G.W.U. nabbed a chiseler, it sometimes let him off easy for fear that he would fold.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kate might have been a chiseler, but she wasn’t.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
