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The swearer may ask, “Where is the evil of an oath when it is used for the support of truth?”

From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John

This mode of trial led to very great abuses, especially in cases of disputed inheritance, where the hardest swearer was certain of the victory.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Mackay, Charles

But such was not the case when the dramatist wrote; and therefore Lord Thurlow was renowned as a swearer, even in a swearing age.

From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various

Old Jube Early, mighty swearer, was proving himself a master of men.

From The Tree of Appomattox by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)

But, at sight, he loved the horse-faced, almost middle-aged swearer of strange oaths and smoker of strong cigars.

From Superwomen by Terhune, Albert Payson