Crossword-Solution: ENGROSSER
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Engrosser | n. | One who copies a writing in large, fair characters. |
| Engrosser | n. | One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller. |
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| Copyist | 9 answers |
| Calligrapher | 14 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EEATR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with ENGROSSER (5)
But although Robin laughed at the droll sight, he knew the wayfarer to be a certain rich corn engrosser of Worksop, who more than once had bought all the grain in the countryside and held it till it reached even famine prices, thus making much money from the needs of poor people, and for this he was hated far and near by everyone that knew aught of him.
Look, friend." Here he took the purse of money from his breast and showed to the dazzled eyes of the Corn Engrosser the bright golden pieces.
Seest thou these clogs upon my feet?" "Yea," quoth Robin, laughing, "truly, they are large enough for any man to see, even were his sight as foggy as that of Peter Patter, who never could see when it was time to go to work." "Peace, friend," said the Corn Engrosser, "for this is no matter for jesting.
Who could doubt the result? He answers that there is no doubt that the words were omitted by the inattention of the engrosser—Carew Raleigh says that but one single word was wanting, which word was found notwithstanding in the paper-book, _i.e._ the draft—but that the word not being there, the deed is worthless, and the devil may have his way.
His friend Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador, once called him an "engrosser of antiquities." If we add that he did not merely "engross," but that he liberally shared his acquisitions with others, we shall perhaps best describe his special place and work in the world of letters.