nature-faker

And so, some time ago, when the word nature-faker was coined, I, for one, climbed into my tree and stayed there.

The Other Animals 2010

The nature-faker would analyze what went on in Glen's brain somewhat in the following fashion.

The Other Animals 2010

If Mr. Burroughs cannot answer to his own satisfaction, he may call Dr. Romanes a nature-faker and dismiss the incident from his mind.

The Other Animals 2010

When a poor devil of a writer records what he has seen, and when what he has seen does not jibe with Mr. Burroughs's mediaeval theory, he calls said writer a nature-faker.

The Other Animals 2010

But what gets me is how difference of opinion regarding the relative fighting merits of a bull-dog and a wolf-dog makes me a nature-faker and President Roosevelt a vindicated and triumphant scientist.

The Other Animals 2010

The Rooseveltian phrases, muck-raker, Ananias Club, short and ugly word, nature-faker and big-stick, offer examples.

Chapter 11. American Slang. 1. Its Origin and Nature Henry Louis 1921

If Mr. Burroughs cannot answer to his own satisfaction, he may call Dr. Romanes a nature-faker and dismiss the incident from his mind.

The Other Animals 1910

When a poor devil of a writer records what he has seen, and when what he has seen does not jibe with Mr. Burroughs's mediaeval theory, he calls said writer a nature-faker.

The Other Animals 1910

And so, some time ago, when the word nature-faker was coined, I, for one, climbed into my tree and stayed there.

The Other Animals 1910

But what gets me is how difference of opinion regarding the relative fighting merits of a bull-dog and a wolf-dog makes me a nature-faker and President Roosevelt a vindicated and triumphant scientist.

The Other Animals 1910