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Definition of Quibbling
1. quibble [v] - See also: quibble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quibbling
Literary usage of Quibbling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Process of Thought Adapted to Words and Language: Together with a by Alfred Smee (1851)
"Other forms of Quibbling.—(142). Conclusion. (116). Logic has now been the means
for so many ages employed by mankind for quibbling, deceiving, ..."
2. Studies of a Biographer by Leslie Stephen (1902)
"The training was calculated to produce abnormal skill in dialectics ; to sharpen
the purely logical perceptions, but also to encourage mere quibbling and ..."
3. Nuces Philosophicæ: Or, The Philosophy of Things as Developed from the Study by Edward Johnson (1842)
"B. Is not this mere quibbling ? A. For pity's sake spare me that wretched plea
of the ignorant— that miserable " refuge for the destitute" in argument. ..."
4. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"... from which ships might bo sent out ready or all but ready, aud, whatever may
be the quibbling distinctions which legal arguments may introduce, ..."
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