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Definition of Stonewaller
1. Noun. One who stonewalls or refuses to answer or cooperate; someone who delays by lengthy speeches etc..
Derivative terms: Stonewall, Stonewall
Definition of Stonewaller
1. Noun. One who stonewalls. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stonewaller
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stonewaller
Literary usage of Stonewaller
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Parliamentary Debates: Official Report by Northern Ireland Parliament. House of Commons (1898)
"... it is perfectly justifiable for a stonewaller to *' put in his oar." I consider
the right honourable gentleman has achieved his object in introducing ..."
2. The Peace in the Making by Henry Wilson Harris (1920)
"... particularly in the early weeks of the Conference, of an immovable stonewaller
prepared to stand for the claims of France against all opposition. ..."
3. The Badminton Magazine of Sports & Pastimes edited by Alfred Edward Thomas Watson (1901)
"His stubbornness in defence was not that of a stonewaller, for he punished bad
balls severely, having a peculiar freedom of wrist- play, and had he become a ..."
4. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1903)
"Captain determined to reserve Garnon until after the meal; so went in himself
with the ' stonewaller' of the team, with the object of keeping their ends up. ..."
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