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Definition of Quibbles
1. quibble [v] - See also: quibble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quibbles
Literary usage of Quibbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the United Netherlands: From the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1879)
"... provinces — Prosperity of the Commonwealth — Its internal government — Tendency
to provincialism — quibbles of the English Members of the Council, ..."
2. History of the United States of America: Under the Constitution by James Schouler (1908)
"... quite in contrast with the preceding one, was given over for the most part to
childish quibbles, and to word-play over resolutions with trap clauses. ..."
3. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1854)
"... for the prosecution—quibbles of the defence—Attitude of the Marshal— His
condemnation—Vindictive intrigues of the royalists—Magnanimous intercession of ..."
4. The History of the Restoration of Monarchy in France by Alphonse de Lamartine (1872)
"... for the prosecution—quibbles of the defence—Attitude of the Marshal— His
condemnation—Vindictive intrigues of the royalists—Magnanimous intercession of ..."
5. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"... they take away two letters of each name, and calculating the rest, compare them.
CHAPTER xv. quibbles of the Numerical Theorists—the Art of the ..."
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