quarrel-pickern.1
/ˈkwɒrəlˌpɪkə/, /ˈkwɒrl̩ˌpɪkə/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrəlˌpɪkər/ A person or (occasionally) an animal who picks quarrels; a quarrelsome person.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun] > picking quarrels > one who
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1541 M. Coverdale in tr. H. Bullinger Olde Fayth To Rdr. sig. *vij Then shall we be no quarrellpykers.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxii, in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 89 Supply the poore, the quarrell-pickers quaile.
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 262 A company of Corner-creepers, Spyder-catchers, Fault-finders, and Quarrell-pickers.
1641 R. Carter Schismatick Stigmatized (title page) Fault-finders, Quarrell-pickers, and Corner-creepers; with all the rabble of Brain-sicks, who are enemies to Old Englands Peace.
1727 J. Hamond Hist. Narr. Whole Bible 30 Not to be Slanderers, Backbiters, or Quarrel-pickers by telling Tales.
1889 Hornellsville (N.Y.) Weekly Tribune 21 June 3 Whenever the cat got into trouble with another, the rooster helped him by spurring the quarrel picker.
1922 Proc. Musical Assoc. 49 4 Pope was a notorious quarrel-picker.
1964 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 21 Nov. 5 She feels that only a quarrel-picker will get abused and insulted by her husband.
1998 Moscow News (Nexis) 10 Sept. 35 (Culture) Only the hard-core scufflers and quarrel-pickers were still hoping for a good brawl.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
quarrel-pickern.2
/ˈkwɒrəlˌpɪkə/, /ˈkwɒrl̩ˌpɪkə/, U.S. /ˈkwɔrəlˌpɪkər/ Now historical and rare.
A person who fits quarrels (quarrel n.1 3) in windows, a glazier. Formerly also: a person who removes panes of glass in order to commit burglary (cf. glazier n. 6).Used partly for the sake of a pun on quarrel-picker n.1 Cf. quarreller n.2
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > who breaks or removes window
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quarrel-picker1676
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with glass > [noun] > involved with specific types or processes
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glass-cutter1703
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1676 Warning for House-keepers 4 Glasiers, are the right quarrel-pickers, they are a sort of cowardly thieves, they take out a pane of glass, and so go in at the window.
?1793 J. Caulfield Blackguardiana Quarrel picker, a glazier, from the small squares in casements called carreaux, vulgarly quarrels.
1877 E. Leigh Gloss. of Cheshire Quarrel Picker, a sobriquet for a glazier.
2005 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 15 Oct. (Career section) 47 A quarrel picker was another name for a type of glazier.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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