quill driving
- a word derived from quill driver.
Example Sentences
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There was scarcely an attorney in the whole country that did not carry on the double trade of quill-driving and clod-hopping.
From Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 by Hunt, Henry
He did not again allude to the high stool and quill-driving, but his remark had made a deep impression on my mind.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
This is a puling, quill-driving, soft-handed age—among our own rank, I mean.
From Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography by Hughes, Thomas
Plant you on a high stool, and set you quill-driving.
From Dick Cheveley His Adventures and Misadventures by Groome, William H. C.
And you're a confoundedly clever fellow into the bargain, or you wouldn't be quill-driving for Uncle Mel.
From Evan Harrington — Complete by Meredith, George
