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- noun Plural form of
carper .
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Examples
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Apples perfectly justifies my notes concerning which certain carpers complain.
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GOP dominated congress was the laziest bunch of carpers, now they have their heels dug in trying to stop Progress.
Think Progress » Democratic congresswoman proposes pay cut for members of Congress. 2010
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Criticism is a crucial thing (the lifeblood of democracy, the fuel of freedom — choose your noble phrase), but the problem is that there are many more carpers than critics.
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If anything he was much too nice when he branded the carpers at President Obama professional Obama baiters.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Gibbs Need Not Apologize for Blasting the "Professional Left" 2010
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If anything he was much too nice when he branded the carpers at President Obama professional Obama baiters.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Gibbs Need Not Apologize for Blasting the "Professional Left" 2010
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Let the critics and carpers call it a stunt, because, let's face it, that's what it would be.
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For this reason I hope those chronic carpers on Fox News and their rich paymasters will stop their attacks on government deficit spending and harping on the taxes their children purportedly will be saddled with.
Government Deficit Spending is America's Last Best Hope for Recovery 2009
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As Congress returns from its summer recess, President Obama, slipping in the polls, assailed on all sides by the carpers, faces a strategic choice: Lead the charge, rally Democrats, and push forward on his agenda, starting with health care reform or trim his sails and adopt a more cautious course.
Robert L. Borosage: Obama's September Choice: Charge or Trim? 2009
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But anti-government carpers for decades have tried to sell the idea that all big government is dysfunctional.
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It might help to bring all those carpers to their senses because the assumed that they could afford to attack their own candidate.
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