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

Oh the chatterer, oh the flatterer, Oh the smatterer in science, To whom all things clear should be!

From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah

In history he was the merest smatterer, though it was his favorite reading, and he was always talking about Sparta, Athens, and Rome.

From Famous Americans of Recent Times by Parton, James

Don't spare study; if you will be a lawyer, become a good one, not a smatterer.

From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary

He was a smatterer of that most dangerous kind, who feel certain they have arrived at truth.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 2, February, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various