stonewaller

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stonewaller

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From stonewall + -er.

noun stonewallers

  1. One who stonewalls. Much of the drama of “Frost/Nixon” rests on the idea that Nixon was a consummate stonewaller and Mr. Frost a glitz-hound and possible nincompoop, incapable of the obduracy required for such a reportorial effort.
  2. A particularly obstructive blocker.

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@misc{stonewaller_2026,
  title = {stonewaller},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/stonewaller},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}