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Definition of Meddlers
1. meddler [n] - See also: meddler
Lexicographical Neighbors of Meddlers
Literary usage of Meddlers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Young Husband: Or, Duties of Man in the Marriage Relation by William Andrus Alcott (1846)
"JEALOUSY AND SUSPICION. A. caution to husbands. Man, generally, the seducer
Reforming by kindness. meddlers to be neglected. ON this topic I will not dwell. ..."
2. Hidden Power: A Secret History of the Indian Ring, Its Operations, Intrigues by Thomas Henry Tibbles (1881)
"MILITARY meddlers. HE commission remained in Council Bluffs six days before they
could get away. Great delay was caused in securing ..."
3. A Selection from the Letters of the Late Sarah Grubb (formerly Sarah Lynes) by Sarah Grubb (1848)
"who are jealous lest the ancient standard should be lowered by unskilful meddlers
in things too high for them. Oh! how tried my poor mind is, under a sense ..."
4. Maxims, Opinions and Characters, Moral, Political, and Economical by Edmond Burke (1815)
"meddlers. MEN little think how immorally they act in rashly meddling with what
they do not understand. Their delusive good intention is no sort of excuse ..."
5. A Laconic Manual and Brief Remarker: Containing Over a Thousand Subjects by Charles Simmons (1852)
"meddlers, MEDDLING. If you would destroy your own repose, disturb that of your
neighbor. Ed. To meddle with another's privileges and prerogatives, ..."
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