Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who takes pains; a careful, laborious person.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who takes pains; one careful and faithful in all work.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who takes pains; a careful worker.
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Examples
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He was no great painstaker in person, yet died very rich; and, as Dr. Clerke says, was of a very great judgment, but hath writ nothing to leave his name to posterity.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete 1666 N.S. Samuel Pepys 1668
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He was no great painstaker in person, yet died very rich; and, as Dr. Clerke says, was of a very great judgment, but hath writ nothing to leave his name to posterity.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 43: May/June 1666 Samuel Pepys 1668
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He was no great painstaker in person, yet died very rich; and, as Dr. Clerke says, was of a very great judgment, but hath writ nothing to leave his name to posterity.
Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete Samuel Pepys 1668
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He was no great painstaker in person, yet died very rich; and, as Dr. Clerke says, was of a very great judgment, but hath writ nothing to leave his name to posterity.
The Diary of Samuel Pepys, May/Jun 1666 Pepys, Samuel 1666
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He was no great painstaker in person, yet died very rich; and, as
Pepys' Diary 2009
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