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Definition of Chiseler
1. Noun. A person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Specialized synonyms: Card Shark, Card Sharp, Card Sharper, Cardsharp, Cardsharper, Sharper, Sharpie, Sharpy, Clip Artist, Con Artist, Con Man, Confidence Man, Welcher, Welsher
Generic synonyms: Beguiler, Cheat, Cheater, Deceiver, Slicker, Trickster
Derivative terms: Chisel, Chisel, Chisel, Chisel, Defraud, Gouge, Scam, Swindle
Definition of Chiseler
1. Noun. One who uses a chisel for carving. ¹
2. Noun. (informal) A cheat; a swindler; a con artist. ¹
3. Noun. (informal) A child; 20th Century inner-city Dublin slang. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiseler
1. one that chisels [n -S] - See also: chisels
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiseler
Literary usage of Chiseler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1889)
"It is a marvel how the chiseler could have been suspended over these very steep
rocks, so as to be able to engrave the figures. ..."
2. Curiosities of Literature by Isaac Disraeli (1893)
"... and whose strokes may be more delicate in the smaller space they occupy, than
the ponderous block of marble hewed out by the German chiseler. ..."
3. The Hindered Hand: Or, The Reign of the Repressionist by Sutton E[lbert] Griggs (1905)
"Tf, when his services are in demand, the chiseler of the epitaph for Mr.
Dixon's tombstone desires to carve words that will be read with patience in the ..."
4. Contemporary French Dramatists: Studies on the Théâtre Libre,Curel, Brieux by Barrett Harper Clark (1915)
"He then stood upon a table: " My friends," he said, " I have deceived you; I'm
not a chiseler, I'ma dramatist. My name is Eugene Brieux; I've had plays ..."
5. Contemporary French Dramatists: Studies on the Théâtre Libre, Curel, Brieux by Barrett Harper Clark (1915)
"... I have deceived you; I'm not a chiseler, I'ma dramatist. My name is Eugene
Brieux; I've had plays produced which you've probably heard of — Les ..."
6. Hispanic Anthology by Thomas Walsh (1920)
"... of Art: the athlete bold, Proud chiseler of beauty pure and blessed. Time crumbles
not the shapings of my hands. Under the feet of my great Moses stands ..."
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