chiseller

/ ˈtʃɪzələ /

noun

1. a person who uses a chisel

2. informal,  a cheat

3. slang,  a child

Example Sentences

The preceding execution had not disturbed him, he had never had much use for Hickock, who seemed to him "a small-time chiseller who got out of his depth, empty and worthless".

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Needless to say, this isn't a defence of the named and shamed, who are no doubt dreadful little chisellers.

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"Will you swear not to be a rotten little chiseller, and when I say 'bags I asking' next time not go and ask yourself straight off?"

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The warbler earned in those days as little by her voice as the chiseller by his work.

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His choice had fallen upon the thin lawyer—by name Gasparo Carnesecchi—who, according to the chiseller's views, was in all respects a most excellent match.

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