quitter
[kwit-er]
noun
a person who quits or gives up easily, especially in the face of some difficulty, danger, etc.
Origin of quitter
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Related Words for quitter
deserter, dropout, goldbrick, wimp, slacker, shirker, goof-off, chicken, goldbricker, piker, cederExamples from the Web for quitter
Contemporary Examples of quitter
"The good people of Missouri nominated me, and I'm not a quitter," Akin told Huckabee.
Abortion Opponents and Many Democrats Want Todd Akin to Stay in Senate RacePatricia Murphy
August 21, 2012
Historical Examples of quitter
"I knew he was a quitter;" the woman's companion was pessimistic.
ThoroughbredsW. A. Fraser
"A quitter will quit and a bleeder will bleed," said the Kid sententiously.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
It always seemed to me that it took a lot of practice to be a quitter.
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
The quitter can't survive where the plugger has the ghost of a chance.
The Clock that Had no HandsHerbert Kaufman
The patron saint of the successful advertiser hates a quitter.
The Clock that Had no HandsHerbert Kaufman
quitter
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