Quill-driver
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quill-driver is a noun meaning (colloquial) A clerk or hack writer; a pen-pusher.
Meaning
(colloquial) A clerk or hack writer; a pen-pusher.
Example Sentences
He wouldn't be terrified with a pack of lies by a cocky half-bred little quill-driver.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- quill-drivers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pen-driver, hack, liner, rond-de-cuir, jockey, quiddler.
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