pick-fault
English
Etymology
pick + fault
Noun
pick-fault (plural pick-faults)
- (obsolete) A critic; a censorious person.
- 1823, Westmacott, Charles Molloy, Cockney Critics, page 17:
- The foe of genius, learning's pest, / A pick-fault, scurvy hack at best
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Synonyms
- faultfinder; See also Thesaurus:complainer