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pick-faults

pick-faults is the plural of pick-fault.

Meaning of pick-fault

Noun

pick-fault (plural pick-faults)

  1. (obsolete) A critic; a censorious person.
    • The foe of genius, learning's pest, / A pick-fault, scurvy hack at best1823, Charles Molloy Westmacott, Cockney Critics, page 17
    Synonyms:
    faultfinder

Questions about pick-faults

What is pick-faults the plural of?
Pick-faults is the plural of pick-fault.

Words near pick-faults in the dictionary

  1. pick-axes
  2. pick-by-order
  3. pick-by-vision
  4. pick-by-voice
  5. pick-fault
  6. pick-faults
  7. pick-me
  8. pick-me boy
  9. pick-me boys
  10. pick-me girl
  11. pick-me girls

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