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

To the philosophers at Athens he appears as the preacher of a new philosophy, and they think him a "smatterer" in such subjects.

From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)

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)

Too vast a subject, ma'am," he said, "for a smatterer like me.

From No Name by Collins, Wilkie

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.