In place of a coiner was a slender man holding a pomander before his prominent nose. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
That's why a coiner is a problem. From Wordnik.com. [The Shadow Of The Lion]
Thou bad false coiner, how couldst thou do otherwise!. From Wordnik.com. [Thus spake Zarathustra; A book for all and none] Reference
Theodore Roosevelt was a prodigious coiner of phrases. From Wordnik.com. [Theodore Roosevelt and His Times] Reference
Not a confidence man; not a coiner; not a note expert. From Wordnik.com. [Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 21, 1914] Reference
The relevant properties may not be known to the term's coiner. From Wordnik.com. [Rigid Designators] Reference
At first I began to think that our friend Fenwick had turned coiner. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
Danish officer with a file of men, came to apprehend him for a coiner. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences] Reference
Hence in mod. tongue Kímiyáwi, an alchemist, means a coiner, a smasher. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
William Proctor, scion of the Ivory Soap family, was the demonstrable coiner. From Wordnik.com. [William Safire, 1929-2009] Reference
Perhaps this is the manner in which the coiner of the phrase meant it to be taken. From Wordnik.com. [What's the Connection?: Sex is how I pray?] Reference
Indeed, the coiner sometimes pays for his negligence, or dishonesty, with his head. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
No coiner yet has ever discovered a metal that will weigh like gold and ring as true. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Four Fingers] Reference
Jessica Prentice -- author, chef and business owner, and coiner of the term "locavore.". From Wordnik.com. [Leslie Hatfield: A More Feminine Food System: Farmer Jane (a Book Review)] Reference
That is, I am a natural coiner of words, a blower of bubbles through one thing and another. From Wordnik.com. [The Waves] Reference
A Turanian coiner sat hunched over his mug, pointed beard waggling as he muttered to himself. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Invincible]
It wouldn't do to ignore what the coiner of the type-token distinction had to say about types. From Wordnik.com. [Types and Tokens] Reference
Lev takes sides in the debate between the coiner of the terms "nanotechnology" and "grey goo", K. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Attractions in "China Threat" Theories: The Nano Gap] Reference
He was a great coiner of sentences, many of which can be found in his proclamations and addresses. From Wordnik.com. [Simon Bolivar, the Liberator] Reference
Charles Mulford Robinson, coiner of the term "City Beautiful," isn 't nearly as well known as he should be. From Wordnik.com. [The Garden City Blooms Again] Reference
But nowadays, we're much more conscious that English wasn't necessarily the coiner of these scientific terms. From Wordnik.com. [A Back-Story to The Man Who Loved China A Coincidence Most Curious and Telling] Reference
They carry back bright to the coiner the mintage of man, The lads that will die in their glory and never be old. From Wordnik.com. [The Songs of Distant Earth]
My earliest cite is from September, 2002, but I don't have the resources to find the original coiner of the phrase. From Wordnik.com. [November 2003] Reference
"You were first a coiner and then a mur - derer, and you came to these parts because you thought you'd be welcome.". From Wordnik.com. [Chennai] Reference
Blumenthal, the alleged coiner of the phrase “vast right-wing conspiracy” seems to taking lessons from his old enemies. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Digest: Uncle Sid's Secret Emails] Reference
Emperor, or the particular governor of the city, the unfortunate coiner is forthwith degraded, and his property confiscated. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Morocco] Reference
Update: Alan sez, as the Wikipedia entry itself points out, design critic Steven Skov Holt is seen as the coiner of the term. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: August 28, 2005 - September 3, 2005 Archives] Reference
Was he a coiner, stirring alloys over his night fires?. From Wordnik.com. [Rest Harrow A Comedy of Resolution] Reference
"What! the gambling-house coiner we have been looking for?". From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Passage] Reference
The judgment pronounced against a coiner of false money was that he should 'BE BOILED. From Wordnik.com. [The Prince and the Pauper, Part 9.] Reference
The coiner was over him, and trying to get at his revolver which had fallen in the fight. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Passage] Reference
A quick Google suggests the coiner of this to be Stan Kelly-Bootle: the first findable occurrence is in his. From Wordnik.com. [Language Log] Reference
I have read the letter you wrote to Possano, in which I am styled a cheat, a spy, a coiner, and a poisoner. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference
Carroll sparked it and Christof was the primary author, as well as the brilliant coiner of the "brain train" label. From Wordnik.com. [Houston Strategies] Reference
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