quibbler

In a footnote, they observed that a “quibbler” might try to insist that the presidency is not an “office under the United States,” even as they rejected that idea.

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.

But in a South Africa where the sale of cigarettes is newly illegal, quibblers risk nicotine fits.

In the introduction, she deprecated her contribution modestly and prudently, anticipating quibblers.

Sure, there are exceptions, but they are so few that quibblers end up citing the same ones over and over.