Adjective : the hairsplitting arguments of a political debate. From Dictionary.com.
He looked down the half-meter barrel of a hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
His question evaporated as Jo pointed the hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
Cable Shike placed the snout of a hairsplitter under Gif's chin. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
To call a judge “a formalist and a hairsplitter” was an insult. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
Now, I'm not a hairsplitter but I'd say that is somewhat inconsistent. From Wordnik.com. [Joshuah Bearman: What's Inside Bush's Brain: Ego] Reference
Jo caught AnyKaat's signal, cocked the hairsplitter she had kept as a souvenir. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
The Valerena Other dropped the hairsplitter, started stripping the still twitching body. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
How absolute this hairsplitter is; we must speak by the rood or equivocation will undo us. From Wordnik.com. [Letters] Reference
He took a captured charge pack himself, along with his own hairsplitter and extra magazine. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
The man at the sideboard glanced Cable's way when Shike released the safety on his hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
He slipped off the desk, walked across the room, walked back, slapping his hairsplitter into his palm. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
Two stepped off the stair and stood beside the passenger elevator, hairsplitter held loosely at her side. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
Voting with the pResident 95% of the time instead of 98% of the time does not make one a pony or a middle of the road hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [NYT Looks At McCain's Reported Flirtation With Party-Switching] Reference
It drained every last drop of juice from a man's tissues, leaving him a querulous old hairsplitter without enough red blood in his veins to swing a broadsword. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Of The Isles]
The issue is a hairsplitter at best and for the Howler to get that snide and nasty over a relatively trivial bit of data in the grand scheme of the Plame investigation, smacks of sour grapes or worse. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake » Libby Case Update — A Correction and A New Filing] Reference
Obama is a product of the same very machine that spawned such bottom feeders as Ryan & Blagojevich. license plates. lincoln as i remember was born in springfield, illinois. the railsplitter. the hairsplitter. they guy who divided. From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! Buzz US: Top Stories] Reference
She carried a hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
Lupo produced a hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
Shike hit her shoulder with his hairsplitter. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
#10, and any other hairsplitter trolls – HA-ha!. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » 28 percent.] Reference
The hairsplitter rose. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
He glanced at her hairsplitter, said, "Yes, ma'am.". From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Never Sleeps]
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