Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cavils at words.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who cavils at words.
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Examples
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In a piece of inferior verse, we often observe a great array of expressions which have been employed with great effect by genius, but which seem to burn the fingers and disconcert the equanimity of the aspiring word-catcher who presses them into his service.
The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various
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"Oh, you may laugh, you word-catcher!" snapped Lasse.
Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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"Oh, you may laugh, you word-catcher!" snapped Lasse.
Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911
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I am not a little surprized, to find that our examiner at last is dwindled into a word-catcher.
The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland Cibber, Theophilus, 1703-1758 1753
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"What! Another word-catcher!" said Sancho; "if that's to be the way we shall not make an end in a lifetime."
Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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"What! Another word-catcher!" said Sancho; "if that's to be the way we shall not make an end in a lifetime."
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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"What! Another word-catcher!" said Sancho; "if that's to be the way we shall not make an end in a lifetime."
The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Part 19 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581
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