Crotcheteer. World English Historical Dictionary

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Also crotcheter. [f. CROTCHET sb.1 + -EER.] A person with a crotchet; esp. one who pushes or obtrudes his crotchets in politics, etc.

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1815.  W. H. Ireland, Scribbleomania, 220. As sometimes a brighter orb ’lumines the sphere, So Busby o’er crotcheteers reigns overseer.

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1856.  Tait’s Mag., XXIII. 276. Attempts at interference have been hinted at by reckless crotcheters.

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1887.  Saintsbury, Hist. Elizab. Lit., vi. 242. A very early example of the reckless violence of private crotcheteers.

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