The doctor must have gained a great deal of money by his skill as a coiner. |
I have few equals as a coiner, and if you should require a medal struck to give away for good behavior or the like, I think I could strike one to your satisfaction. |
Whoever was the coiner, the word was popularized by the Star Wars and Star Trek series of films and television shows and now is part of Hollywood linguistic lore. |
But the analogy is, sadly, more apposite than its coiner may have realised. |
Dyson, coiner of the lovely phrase about the non-transferability of genius, should know that. |
Up here in New York, another wise woman was surprised and delighted by the fuss down there in Washington: the coiner of the phrase, Suzanne Nossel. |