Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who prepares thistle-teazels for the cloth-napping machine.
  • noun A talker.
  • noun One who carps; a caviler.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who carps; a caviler.

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  • noun a person who habitually carps, who talks too much and regularly finds fault

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  • noun someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way

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  • "1. A talker.

    2. One who carps; a caviler.

    3. One who prepares thistle-teazels for the cloth-napping machine."

    - Century Dictionary

    August 11, 2010

  • Damn it, now I want to prepare thistle-teazels for the cloth-napping machine. Where do I sign up?

    August 14, 2010