Example Sentences

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In order to create something enduring, a nicknamer must focus on the least appealing aspect of a person’s physical or mental makeup.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2014

They were perfectly level on top and perpendicular on the sides, and as double-faced as the most matter-of-fact nicknamer could desire.

From Noto: an Unexplained Corner of Japan by Lowell, Percival

He was the nicknamer of Europe in his day.

From The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay by Hewlett, Maurice Henry