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- noun Plural form of
chiseler .
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Examples
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That pathetic loser is just eating himself to death, and forking over money to bottle blonde chiselers to keep his secret.
Think Progress » Rush Limbaugh: ‘I love the women’s movement — especially when walking behind it.’ 2010
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Just remember that social justice, like any other value, can be turned to corrupt pursuits by the professional liars and chiselers who make up a non-negligible fraction of our political class.
Racism Is Everywhere . . . Statistically Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2012
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Firms that attempted to cut prices were pressured by other industry members and publicly berated by the head of the NIRA as “cut-throat chiselers.”
Comment of the Week, 2003-08-27, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Dole out the money according to merit and performance … or are you just another of the self-serving chiselers? — jessica
The Saturday Word: Roads and Cars - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The real purpose of an effective government is to keep control of the majority of chiselers and scam artists, so that the small minority of decent people can lead decent lives without interference.
The Early Word: Obama Faces Liberal Angst - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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His proposal for examining morality through a scientific lens is bold, even in the modern era, and it provides ample opportunity for pock shots from his many haughty detractors who range from reputed fellow scientists to philosophers to all manner of spiritual and religious chiselers and wangateurs.
Sam Harris: How Science Can Determine Human Values (Review) Stuart Whatley 2010
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His proposal for examining morality through a scientific lens is bold, even in the modern era, and it provides ample opportunity for pock shots from his many haughty detractors who range from reputed fellow scientists to philosophers to all manner of spiritual and religious chiselers and wangateurs.
Sam Harris: How Science Can Determine Human Values (Review) Stuart Whatley 2010
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The point is that most people from that particular era (never mind the 'greatest generation' hogwash) weren't so easily duped, and their ability to own a home, raise a family, take vacations on one income are a testament to they way that things used to be in this country before the rats and chiselers hijacked the system.
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Prosecutors in recent years have arguably gotten much tougher on corporate chiselers than in years past.
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All the cabinet nominees who turned out to be tax chiselers.
"I think I’m closer to Benjamin Franklin than to George Washington..." Ann Althouse 2009
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