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

The quibbler, however, is welcome to anything he may find.

From Confiscation; an outline by Greenwood, William

But he still objected to my reading that book, called me a contumacious quibbler too fond of disputation, and ordered me to return it to the accommodating owner.

From The Story of My Boyhood and Youth by Muir, John

Any quibbler can twist the meaning of words, while only those who think the thought can understand.

From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by Miller, John Maurice

I dismiss the fatalist as a quibbler and play on.

From The Boss of Little Arcady by Wilson, Harry Leon