Definitions
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- noun One who
stonewalls .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc.
Etymologies
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Examples
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To use footballing parlance, it was a "stonewaller", and the Arsenal manager's sense of injustice was only heightened after Vela was booked for diving by the referee, Viktor Kassai, and peaked when the hosts took the lead five minutes later through Matheus.
Arsenal's Champions League defeat highlights failure of extra officials Sachin Nakrani 2010
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It was a stonewaller, but the blues put out Liverpool so justise has been done in my book ..
God is a Catalan - with a Norwegian Granny! Alan Smart 2009
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He's not exactly a stonewaller now but he was a different player then.
The Ashes 2010: Australia v England - live! | Rob Smyth 2010
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This male hormonal surge is maladaptive for modern living and explains why in “85 percent of marriages, the stonewaller”—the one who shuts down or flees the fight—“is the husband.”
THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB LAURIE ABRAHAM 2010
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But the IGs will still have six months with no stonewaller stopping them.
Obama On FISA: Telecom Immunity Issue Doesn't Override National Security 2009
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Minister of Justice and Freestate NP leader, Kobie Coetsee, identified as the persistant stonewaller.
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"What we see today is the chief stonewaller refusing to tell us," NDP Leader Jack Layton said.
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If there was any doubt about the first one, then this was a stonewaller, referee Haywood not needing to consult his assistant before pointing to the spot in the 67th minute.
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Just seeing replays of the second Spain penalty appeal, and it was a stonewaller on Fabregas.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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What we see today is the chief stonewaller refusing to tell us.
Macleans.ca Aaron Wherry 2010
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