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cavil Dec 4th 2012, 04:03 ‎Verb: Add quote ← Older revision Revision as of 04:03, 4 December 2012 Line 16: Line 16:       # {{intransitive}} To [[criticise]] for [[petty]] or [[frivolous]] reasons.   # {{intransitive}} To [[criticise]] for [[petty]] or [[frivolous]] reasons.   + #*{{quote-book|year=1913|author=[[w:Robert Barr (writer)|Robert Barr]]   + |title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad   + |chapter=5|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1796924W   + |passage=Stranleigh found no difficulty in getting a cavalcade together at Bleacher's station, an amazingly long distance west of New York. A man finds little trouble in obtaining what he wants, if he never '''cavils''' at the price asked, and is willing to pay in advance.}}   #* '''1928''', D. H. Lawrence, ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'':   #* '''1928''', D. H. Lawrence, ''Lady Chatterley's Lover'':   #*: ''I wish you wouldn't '''cavil''', Hilda.''   #*: ''I wish you wouldn't '''cavil''', Hilda.''

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