Quitter

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From Anglo-Norman quiture, quyture et al., specialised use of quiture(“burn mark, burning”), from the participle stem of cuire(“to cook”), or from Latin coctura(“cooking”).

From quit +‎ -er.


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quitter (n.)

as an insult, "one who shirks or gives up," by 1878, American English, in reference to race horses, agent noun from quit (v.) in the "stop, cease" sense. It is attested by 1871 as "one who gives up (chewing tobacco)."