quill driver

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noun Facetious.

a person who does a great deal of writing.

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Origin of quill driver

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.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
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.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose