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/kwˈɪtər/ Listen

Quitter

noun

A person who gives up too easily.

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"Quitter" Quotes from Famous Books

... disapproval rose from the company. Indignant voices accused Arthur Mifflin of having a yellow streak. Encouraging voices urged him not to be a quitter. ...

— The Intrusion of Jimmy • P. G. Wodehouse

... and you know it. The only explanation that occurs to me is that you're in a funk. If that's so it is a fortunate thing for all of us that we've discovered it now instead of later. There's no place on this team, my boy, for a quitter." ...

— Left Guard Gilbert • Ralph Henry Barbour

... you I've got past caring a curse about things. When the end comes, what does it matter! Not a thing. It's useless talking, old friend," he said, as Bat attempted to break in, "quite useless. But don't reckon I'm a willing quitter. I'll play the game till it can't be played longer. And when I've got to I'll throw my hands up. Not before. But Idepski can't follow ...

— The Man in the Twilight • Ridgwell Cullum

Words linked to "Quitter" : recreant, abdicator, deserter, mortal, person, somebody, turncoat, quit, individual, soul, someone, apostate, renegade, ratter, dropout