smatterer
- a word derived from smatter.
Example Sentences
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Too vast a subject, ma'am," he said, "for a smatterer like me.
From No Name by Collins, Wilkie
They sent everybody to school, and, though their educations were principally those of smatterers, it is an advantage to be even a smatterer among the very ignorant.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
But when a young smatterer uses them to advertise his calling acquaintance with a language, he is but proclaiming his own lack of good taste.
From English: Composition and Literature by Webster, W. F. (William Franklin)
I remember, when I first saw thee, my mind laboured with a strong puzzle, whether I should put thee down for a great fool, or a smatterer in wit.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 7 by Richardson, Samuel
The veriest smatterer in political economy cannot but perceive the ruinous tendency of such a measure.
From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd
