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quill driver

noun Facetious.

a person who does a great deal of writing.

Words nearby quill driver

quietly, quietude, quietus, quiff, quill, quill driver, quill pen, quillai, quillai bark, quillback, quilled

Origin of quill driver

First recorded in 1750–60

OTHER WORDS FROM quill driver

quill driving, noun

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Examples from the Web for quill driver

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

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