And we swear to you, (under correction from the parish vestry, which is entitled to half-a-crown an oath,) that the circulating libraries would make a driveler of Seneca!. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844] Reference
So common has it been in this country to caricature the black man, to represent him as a driveler in speech and a buffoon in action, that I am always loath to accept as his those many would-be-witty sayings which, too often, originating with others, have been attributed to him. From Wordnik.com. [Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro] Reference
— driv·el·er Listen to the pronunciation of driveler \-və-lər\ noun. From Wordnik.com. ["Madison gun owner Auric Gold said he often carries a handgun in a holster while walking in his east side neighborhood..."] Reference
"Answer me as I put the questions, or this musket shall send you to keep the old driveler company: where is your pack?". From Wordnik.com. [The Spy] Reference
'And,' cried Macer, 'let your priests be but like Fronto, and the eyes of the blindest driveler of you all will be unsealed. From Wordnik.com. [Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century] Reference
We all thought she was going when Monckton married her; however, if he had not managed like a driveler, he might have broke her heart nine years ago.”. From Wordnik.com. [Cecilia] Reference
"Pooh! nonsense! fiddle-de-dee!" exclaimed the other traveler, testily; "do you think, old driveler, that a few hours of moderate weather could weaken, effectually, the ice of a river that has been hard frozen for a week?. From Wordnik.com. [The Rector of St. Mark's] Reference
This driveler does the facred chair befli — t. From Wordnik.com. [The Works of the English Poets] Reference
19 October 2010 12:25PM driveler. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
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