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quill-driver

quill-driver noun: a clerk or hack writer; a pen-pusher.

Noun

quill-driver (plural quill-drivers)

  1. (colloquial) A clerk or hack writer; a pen-pusher.
    • His brother, enraged at this insult, spoke to him very freely, which he returned no otherwise than by calling him quill-driver, and maccaroni of Mincing-lane.1791, Charlotte Smith, Celestina, Broadview, published 2004, page 263
    • Passenger.—What o'clock is it?
      Mr. Adams.—That's not proper language for a ship. It becomes only a quill-driver, a grass-comber, or a sugar-baker.1803, John Davis, Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802, page 439

Forms of quill-driver

pluralquill-drivers

Questions about quill-driver

What does quill-driver mean?
Quill-driver means a clerk or hack writer; a pen-pusher.
What part of speech is quill-driver?
Quill-driver is a noun.
What is the plural of quill-driver?
The plural of quill-driver is quill-drivers.

Words near quill-driver in the dictionary

  1. quill mites
  2. quill pen
  3. quill pens
  4. quill pig
  5. quill pigs
  6. quill-driver
  7. quill-drivers
  8. Quillagua
  9. quillai
  10. quillaia
  11. quillais

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