Verb (used without object) : to carp at minor errors. From Dictionary.com.
If carper and anonymous are right, I've still a long way to go before professionalism!. From Wordnik.com. [Hobbyists] Reference
As the Manitoba carper, Ms. Ingram, told the Winnipeg Free Press, "There are things men need and things women need.". From Wordnik.com. [Jacob M. Appel: Are We Ready for Coed Hospital Rooms?] Reference
There is no such confirmed carper at the condition of his country, yet no one really so profoundly convinced of its perfection. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference
But when I ask him how he sees himself at 60 (and it's quite clear that he'll be a desiccated carper to rank with William Burroughs) his hackles rise. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews - they grease the roads! *truckers' pin-up edition*] Reference
If you felt good about Nixon pursuing an honorable end to the war in Vietnam, you were comfortable with his escalation into Cambodia and carper-bombing of the North. From Wordnik.com. [Hullabaloo] Reference
It makes me, according to Garner, a "tarnished carper.". From Wordnik.com. [VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol IX No 3] Reference
Wish I could be there to applaud you. frank carper | Nov 26, 2006 9: 08: 01 PM. From Wordnik.com. [BlueOregon] Reference
But she was civil even as she sighed, and he would have been a carper who complained. From Wordnik.com. [The President A novel] Reference
A carper might have said that Eddy was the least bit vague on the subject of the dear old days. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Upstairs and Other Stories] Reference
The fortunate issue of the war silenced every carper, and the ten years following have been well named the "era of good feeling.". From Wordnik.com. [History of the United States, Volume 3 (of 6)] Reference
carper, Thomas - (D - DE) 513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510 (202) 224-2441 Web Form: carper. senate.gov/contact/. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
That, if anything, will stop the mouth of a carper; since it both admits the worst and carries the war triumphantly into the enemy's camp. From Wordnik.com. [Edinburgh Picturesque Notes] Reference
But his utter certainty and dripping contempt sometimes make him seem like a drive-by carper, speeding away with screeching wheels from his easy potshots. From Wordnik.com. [Variety.com] Reference
"What did you see?" is more instructive than "You got that call wrong", and I like to think that when assessing, I am still a referee; a colleague, not a carper. From Wordnik.com. [Soccer Blogs - latest posts] Reference
"Willie Maxine Perry, February 12, 1945 to December 8, 2009," he wrote in a picture next to himself posing with her on the red carper at the "Madea's Family Reunion" premiere. From Wordnik.com. [The Celebrity Blog , Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog] Reference
You be that carper married to moy cousin isn’t it boy?. From Wordnik.com. [Thank You. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG] Reference
And Abrams, to his eternal credit turned to the carper and said, "What makes you think that you don’t need difficult language for difficult ideas?". From Wordnik.com. [Site One: A Romantic Education.] Reference
She was a carper. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lure]
I bet you're a closet carper, Joey. From Wordnik.com. [For the Love of Carp] Reference
A dedicated carper always gets the point. From Wordnik.com. [Less competitive genres] Reference
But the task of a carper is repugnant. From Wordnik.com. [Memories and Studies] Reference
By putting on the cunning of a carper. From Wordnik.com. [Timon of Athens] Reference
Come, let my carper to his life now look. From Wordnik.com. [The Pilgrim`s Progress] Reference
He censures everything, this zealous carper. From Wordnik.com. [Tartuffe Or, the Hypocrite] Reference
A carper; since it both admits the worst and carries the war triumphantly into the enemy’s camp. From Wordnik.com. [Edinburgh Picturesque Notes] Reference
You incorrigible carper!. From Wordnik.com. [French and Oriental Love in a Harem] Reference
carper said. From Wordnik.com. [Hobbyists] Reference
Category: health care, kinsley gaffe, phrma, tom carper. From Wordnik.com. [So, Senator Tom Carper just admitted to the PhRMA/WH deal. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState] Reference
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