smatterer

Example Sentences

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The veriest smatterer in political economy cannot but perceive the ruinous tendency of such a measure.

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

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)

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

From The Life of George Borrow by Shorter, Clement K.

Like Mr. Stevenson's smatterer, who was asked, "What would be the result of putting a pound of potassium in a pot of porter?"

From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

Now Chilperic must have learned to speak Latin like other kings of the Franks, and was a smatterer in several kinds of literature.

From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Hallam, Henry