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nounpick-fault (plural pick-faults)
plural pick-faults
- obsoleteA critic; a censorious person.
The foe of genius, learning's pest, / A pick-fault, scurvy hack at best
1823, Charles Molloy Westmacott, Cockney Critics, page 17Synonyms: faultfinder
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nounA critic; a censorious person.
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