chiseler

Example Sentences

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Instead of being solo artisans, sculptors worked in teams, with talented masters overseeing large crews of rookie chiselers and other assistants.

From Science Magazine

When he resigned in 1947 to become a highly paid tax consultant, Truman praised him for fighting “tax chiselers.”

From Washington Post

But with a handful of companies now cornering the insulin market, he said, “it may take a chiseler like Walmart to break the gentleman’s agreement.”

From Los Angeles Times

My wife and I are still trying to untangle the mess left by some chiseler who submitted a phony claim for our tax refund.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, thousands of records newly unearthed by the New York Times reveal him to have been both a lousy businessman and an apparent tax chiseler.

From Washington Post