quill driver

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a person who does a great deal of writing.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

First recorded in 1750–60

quill driving, noun

Thankfully there were no casualties—the driver managed to stop the train immediately.
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He also was working to recruit Castro as a driver for a drug load.
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So I asked the driver to honk the horn, which he does, and Rod looks over.
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Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
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Public employee unions are a little-acknowledged driver of this conflict.
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But, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
The only addition made to it when in use is the insertion of a quill or straw as a mouth-piece.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
The driver must at all times have his car under reasonable control so that he can stop in time to avoid injury.
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If there be no facilities for stopping for the night, a driver is not negligent should he proceed through the fog.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
It was being driven very rapidly, but very skillfully, and the car was empty save for the driver.
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