Pick-fault

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A critic; a censorious person. obsolete

    "The foe of genius, learning's pest, / A pick-fault, scurvy hack at best"

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complainercrabberfaultfindergrouchgrumblersmellfungus

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"The foe of genius, learning's pest, / A pick-fault, scurvy hack at best"

Etymology

From pick + fault.

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