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Definition of Cavillers
1. caviller [n] - See also: caviller
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cavillers
Literary usage of Cavillers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Table Talker: Or, Brief Essays on Society and Literature by Johnstone (1840)
"VERBAL cavillers. THERE is a class of people who acquire a mean reputation fo-
cleverness in this—that they assume that all persons should '' speak by the ..."
2. The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most by Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott (1815)
"... cavillers. [From the Morning Chronicle, July i8.J TTE who shall carp at Hyde
Park shows, ., j ., ! ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1880)
"... thai which they have said, and vindicate themselves from all cavillers and
ignorant persons. SUBS EOT. V.— Old Age a Cause. ..."
4. The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith: Including His Contributions to the by Sydney Smith (1859)
"... wearies the patience of sensible men. In some of his combinations of words
the Doctor is singularly unhappy. We have the din of superficial cavillers, ..."
5. Evidences of the Christian Religion Briefly and Plainly Stated by James Beattie (1786)
"God in proportion as the world is enlightened with the knowledge of his works.
Minute cavillers may grow more ..."
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