quibbler
Example Sentences
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He is an accomplished résumé padder, an expert with the evasive fallback answer when challenged, a skillful deflector of the awkward question, a quibbler par excellence and just stunningly self-confident.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2023
He was adroit and quick, and was rather a quibbler than a great lawyer.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by William Henry Sparks
Thus did the metaphysical poet resemble the quibbler exercising precisely the same tyranny over ideas, which the latter practised upon sounds only.
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by George Saintsbury
The very Sophists, whose ignorance and pretension he exposed, looked upon him as a quibbler; although there were some--so severely trained was the Grecian mind--who saw the drift of his questions, and admired his skill.
From Beacon Lights of History, Volume 01 The Old Pagan Civilizations by John Lord
I can discuss on both sides of those names as glibly as any other modern quibbler.
From The Bent Twig by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
