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Definition of Chiseller
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 Chiseller
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of chiseler) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chiseller
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chiseller
Literary usage of Chiseller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan, Its History, Arts and Literature by Frank Brinkley (1902)
"A great metal-chiseller of Tokyo. One of the last carvers of sword-furniture.
Ikken. Present day. ... A highly skilled metal chiseller of Kagawa (in ..."
2. The English Illustrated Magazine (1887)
"A long pause followed the animated discourse of the 'chiseller. Both men were
intent upon their work, alternately holding their breath for the delicate ..."
3. Chefs-d'œuvre of the Industrial Arts by Philippe Burty, William Chaffers (1869)
"As a chiseller he has perhaps been equalled—for our time has produced artists of
incredible ability—but as an inventor of subjects and as an arranger none ..."
4. Tent and Harem: Notes of an Oriental Trip by Caroline Paine (1859)
"Instead of having been under the hands of the painter and the chiseller, like
the others we had seen, the walls remain covered with drawings of very high ..."
5. The Chefs-d'oeuvre by Victor Champier, William Walton, André Saglio (1902)
"It is the chiseller's business to be able to divine the thought of the artist who
... In this interpretation the chiseller should strive modestly to forget ..."
6. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"chiseller. A modern kind of cultivator, differing from a scuffle* (qv) in having
any number of feet, which are adjustable and arranged in various ways. ..."
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