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Caviller   Listen
noun
Caviller, Caviler  n.  One who cavils. "Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures."






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"Caviller" Quotes from Famous Books



... everywhere else, seems to be lost sight of when the Indians are considered. We discover that, although educated, they will not stay refined, that they are civilized, but will not remain moral. Behold, says the caviller, there is no good Indian until he dies, and even his friends complain that the young men will "go back" to gambling games and horse races. It is true that some measure of refinement and fine morals is peculiarly necessary to the Indians ...
— American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 3, March, 1896 • Various

... The caviller will say at once: "Could not someone else have done the work equally well—either a near relation in the other sphere or a ...
— Seen and Unseen • E. Katharine Bates



Words linked to "Caviller" :   quibbler, cavil



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