quill driver

a person who does a great deal of writing.

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What does “vacillate” mean?

First recorded in 1750–60

quill driving, noun

A mere cashier—a quill-driver, a—well, a man like me—even he has a little of what is called feeling, you know.
A Doll's House|Henrik Ibsen
The very sight of that quill-driver is like poison and brimstone to me.
Love and Intrigue|Friedrich Schiller
A tyrannical little beast of a quill-driver from the Treasury department.
Under Western Eyes|Joseph Conrad
This quill-driver will publish details of how my wife scolds, which will make me the laughing-stock of all the town.
The Mesmerist's Victim|Alexandre Dumas

I believe that prefect's quill-driver was humbugging us when he said Asgard was only ten days' sail up.'
Hypatia|Charles Kingsley