faultfinder
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of faultfinder
Example Sentences
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Last week a canny faultfinder was being tuned up by Nashville's George Peabody College for Teachers.
From Time Magazine Archive
The only faultfinder was Donald Edgar of the Daily Express.
From Time Magazine Archive
He said of himself that he had been sentenced by his nature to be the faultfinder, to see the other side of things.
From Plays: Comrades; Facing Death; Pariah; Easter by Warner Oland
Having listened to the faultfinder, they vote; and having voted, they rarely relent.
From Socialism and Democracy in Europe by Samuel P. Orth
On the whole, however, the critic is far less of a professional faultfinder than is sometimes imagined.
From The Art of Letters by Robert Lynd
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