quill driver
nounFacetious.
a person who does a great deal of writing.
Origin of quill driver
1First recorded in 1750–60
Other words from quill driver
- quill driving, noun
Words Nearby quill driver
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How to use quill driver in a sentence
What d'you mean by printing such awful doggerel as this, you depraved and dissolute ink-slinger—you imbecile quill-driver, you!
Out of the Hurly-Burly | Charles Heber Clark"No more is the manager of this theater a judge of such things," cried the outraged quill-driver, bitterly.
Peg Woffington | Charles ReadeSo the gods had given him the pen, and he was a writer—not a secretary, but a humble quill-driver.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters | E.H. Aitken, (AKA Edward Hamilton)Isn't it an insult to think that I should be afraid of a starving quill-driver's vengeance?
A Doll's House | Henrik IbsenHe must, in a word, be as methodical in his accounts as any quill driver ashore.
The Lady of Lynn | Walter Besant
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