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Carping ppl. a. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1893, rev. 2025. Carping ppl. a. That carps; fault-finding, censorious, captious.

1 1581.  Sidney, Apol. Poetrie (Arb.), 48. Their carping disprayse.

2 1591.  Shaks., 1 Hen. VI., IV. i. 90. With enuious carping tongue.

3 1730.  Ld. Lansdowne, To Mem. Waller, 20. No carping critic interrupts his praise.

4 1865.  Trollope, Belton Est., xi. 120. That carping spirit in which she had been wont to judge of his actions.

5   ¶ Confused with CARKING ppl. a.

6 1580.  T. Marshall, in Farr’s S. P. (1845), II. 312. With carpyng cares did call and crie.

7 a. 1703.  Burkitt, On N. T., Luke xii. 30. By our carping care.

8   Hence Carpingly adv., in a carping way.

9 1579.  J. Rogers (title), An Answere vnto a wicked & infamous Libel made by Christopher Vitel … carpingly answeringe to certaine pointes [etc.].

10 1577–86.  Holinshed, Chron. Irel. (1808), VI. 13. Through his procurement carpinglie published.

11 1755.  in Johnson.

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