Result, the boarding-house of the later half of the century, nominally a family home, actually a hotbed of faultfinding and gossip, most wearing to the teacher and fledgling professional woman, however acceptable to the milliner and seamstress.
"The Cost of Shelter"
Ellen H. Richards
He, instead of dominating, had been dominated by three faultfinding old women; and, without being aware of the fact, had looked at things from their point of view.
"Parrot & Co."
Harold MacGrath
Indeed-though I say it not in the way of faultfinding at all-never was there so labyrinthine an abode.
"I and My Chimney"
Herman Melville