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

The punk in the trunk was Andrew von Etter, 26, a smalltime chiseler under indictment for fraud and suspected of being a loan shark.

From Time Magazine Archive

Kate might have been a chiseler, but she wasn’t.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck