1897 14 Aug. 214/3 Those pompous problem-mongers of fiction and the stage who do their best to make life hideous.
1900 17 Sept. 6/1 The healthy, virile English intellect..is naturally suspicious of morbid problem-mongers.
1992 (Nexis) 19 Dec. s3 The only problem my Canada has is that it tolerates too many problem-mongers, then elects politicians who pander to them.