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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kwit-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkwɪt ər

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Définition of quitter

Origin :
  • as an insult, 1881, American English, agent noun from quit (v.).
  • noun defeatist
  • noun coward
Example sentences :
  • "I knew he was a quitter;" the woman's companion was pessimistic.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • "A quitter will quit and a bleeder will bleed," said the Kid sententiously.
  • Extract from : « Old Man Curry » by Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
  • It always seemed to me that it took a lot of practice to be a quitter.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • The quitter can't survive where the plugger has the ghost of a chance.
  • Extract from : « The Clock that Had no Hands » by Herbert Kaufman
  • The patron saint of the successful advertiser hates a quitter.
  • Extract from : « The Clock that Had no Hands » by Herbert Kaufman
  • I may prove to be a quitter, Miss Farley, but I'd like at least to be entered for the game.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Lennon was a white man, and he had proved himself not a quitter.
  • Extract from : « Bloom of Cactus » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • But Tim Garvey is no quitter; at least, I've never had that name.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • I've been a quitter all my life, I'll admit, but I'm going to put up my fists at the end.
  • Extract from : « Still Jim » by Honor Willsie Morrow
  • Sensing this, he said grimly: "So you thought I was a quitter."
  • Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl

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