Gives a whole new meaning to the term "backbiter.". From Wordnik.com. [August 2004] Reference
Therefore a tale-bearer is the same as a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
But an informer is apparently the same as a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
McCain is not so much a maverick as he is a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [McCain: Maverick, Mad Man or Sad Clown] Reference
Therefore the curser sins more grievously than the backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
For the backbiter apparently intends and aims at being believed. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Therefore it seems that one is not always bound to withstand a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province] Reference
Find something pleasant to say of each, that you may not earn the reputation of a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life.] Reference
Would the slanderer, or backbiter, or hypocrite, indulge their habits if they realized this truth?. From Wordnik.com. [The Wesleyan Methodist Pulpit in Malvern Sermons Preached at the Opening Services of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, in 1866] Reference
I normally love this show, but seriously, can we try to keep the reality-tv backbiter attitude out of it?. From Wordnik.com. [bristle. « Love | Peace | Ohana] Reference
Y: Woe to every (kind of) scandal-monger and-backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side] Reference
To be no truce-breaker, nor tale-bearer, nor backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution] Reference
This was an unknown backbiter a quarter of a mile away. From Wordnik.com. [Captains Courageous] Reference
I hev told her to her face and I will not be a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [The Measure of a Man] Reference
"Believe what? why, madam, that Charles Lamb was a backbiter?". From Wordnik.com. [The Bed-Book of Happiness] Reference
With a Bye Now, Neighers, marv backbiter for The Daily Growler Sports Extra. From Wordnik.com. [In Another Early Morning] Reference
Sycophanta is such a dissembler, traitor, and backbiter that would earn a grey coat. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Table Talk of Martin Luther] Reference
"What is the meaning of a backbiter?" asked a clergyman at a Sunday-school examination. From Wordnik.com. [The Camp Jester, or, Amusement for the Mess.] Reference
Four there are that cannot enter Paradise: the scoffer, the liar, the hypocrite, and the backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Literature and Other Essays] Reference
A backbiter, detractor, or slanderer -- it is sinful. From Wordnik.com. [Baltimore Catechism No. 4 (of 4) An Explanation of the Baltimore Catechism of Christian Doctrine] Reference
What a petty little backbiter he is. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
Face-flatterer and backbiter are the same. From Wordnik.com. [Idylls of the King] Reference
“Be quiet, backbiter!” said Dolgorukov. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Tell the rambler, the gambler, the backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Sooner or Later God's Gonna Cut You Down...] Reference
A backbiter is not a person who bites back, but one who bites behind your back. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Reality Check] Reference
But he was no backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography] Reference
The article just reads like a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
Except a backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
"Oh, he is a backbiter, too, is he?. From Wordnik.com. [Love Me Little, Love Me Long] Reference
And from bishop sink into backbiter! ". From Wordnik.com. [The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry] Reference
"Be quiet, backbiter!" said Dolgorukov. From Wordnik.com. [War and Peace] Reference
Marvelous marv backbiter for The Daily Growler. From Wordnik.com. [National Guard Changed Her Life] Reference
“The confounded mischiefmonger — the backbiter!. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
"Lemme go!" he shrieked, "you old impe'dunt backbiter. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Minerva and William Green Hill] Reference
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