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  • noun programming A person who programs in Scheme.

Etymologies

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Scheme +‎ -er

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Examples

  • "Schemer," she said, as she dropped a kiss on the back of Julie's neck,

    Lady Rose's Daughter Humphry Ward 1885

  • I'm having fun going through a computer-programming book called The Little Schemer.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Jonathan Aquino 2008

  • I'm having fun going through a computer-programming book called The Little Schemer.

    Programming Book: The Little Schemer Jonathan Aquino 2008

  • For all of his billions in faked profits, convicted Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff recently got into a very real fight with a fellow inmate over ... var news_amount = 7;

    Dan Solin: The Big Secret Wealthy Investors Don't Want You to Know 2009

  • For all of his billions in faked profits, convicted Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff recently got into a very real fight with a fellow inmate over ...

    Jerry Brown: California's Own Bernie Madoff 2009

  • You can find not very dissimilar, well-rated palettes at Color Schemer and other such sites.

    Day 9: Taking a break 2009

  • Also in the mix – Saul Williams, Justin Chin, Mums the Schemer ….

    Ashes to ashes… : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007

  • She pointed out how the stage in Shining Time Station began over on the right with a lot of mischief: Schemer and his arcade, the moneymaking schemes, always creating hassles and anarchy and chaos.

    Last Words George Carlin 2009

  • A stakeout scene, with O'Brien tailing the counterfeit ring's middleman, nicknamed "the Schemer" Wallace Ford, becomes an exercise in creative cinematography: long shots of shadowy streets with the agent sulking in pursuit, then a wonderful sequence in a club where O'Brien hides in a phone booth, and the interior of the club is seen reflected in the glass in front of him.

    Archive 2008-11-01 Ed Howard 2008

  • The film's unspoken emotional center is clearly the scene where Genaro, while undercover and walking with the Schemer, accidentally runs into his wife Mary June Lockhart and her friend.

    T-Men Ed Howard 2008

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