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- noun Plural form of
quibbler .
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Examples
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In fact, none of the quibblers above seem to be aware that one audit concluded that, over the past thirty years, the military had simply lost about a trillion dollars - the money was gone, with nothing to show for it.
Matthew Yglesias » Alice Rivlin: “Now Is An Excellent Time To Fix Social Security And Medicare” 2009
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As for all the Miranda quibblers, I get the distinct impression that folks like McCain are less interested in balancing Constitutional issues than they are at scoring points with the Tea Party Set.
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As for all the Miranda quibblers, I get the distinct impression that folks like McCain are less interested in balancing Constitutional issues than they are at scoring points with the Tea Party Set.
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For the quibblers: "to hide the fact that the lender is somehow earning money on the deal."
"A girl aged 10 or 12 can be married. Those who think she's too young are wrong, and they are being unfair to her." Ann Althouse 2009
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Still others might remember when the mission was first redefined, when we were told that our purpose in Iraq was to establish a free and democratic country for its citizens - that only pessimists and quibblers would complain about the white lie false premise for such a good war, one that removed a brutal tyrant and won freedom for an oppressed people.
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Ms Holland's filmmaking in this scene is so sensitive that only quibblers will notice if the bowing doesn't match the sound.
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The usual apologists, faux political scientists, quibblers, contrarians, et al. will be arriving any minute now in a highly agitated state to dispute you, EV.
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Are you honestly implying that by “quibbling” about the term, the “quibblers,” are endorsing xenophobia ?
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The few writers who expressly reflected on the concept of criticism or the role of the critic, Father Bouhours in France and Alexander Pope in England, defended their ideal against pedants, cen - surers, and mere verbal quibblers, and described and exalted the true critic as a man of taste, a wit, a bel esprit.
LITERARY CRITICISM REN 1968
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It is hard to prove anything about Shelley's boat when so many witnesses, Trelawny, Roberts, Mary Shelley, are discounted as liars, forgers, or quibblers (and now Byron's accuracy, too, seems to be impugned in anticipation).
Accident Rieger, James 1967
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