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n. - Someone who constantly criticizes in a petty way.

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  • We know he's a niggling sniggerer, so I guess that also makes him a sniggering niggler.
  • But be careful, the overwhelmingly compelling evidence suggests that Mr. Davis is a niggler.
  • The US is bound to ask about the progress of the civil liability for nuclear damage bill, another niggler among several trade and commerce issues.
  • As for the potterer and the niggler, the men and women whose stroke goes no farther back than their knuckles, I may frankly say that charcoal is not for them.
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