| 释义 |
ˈdevil-dodger humorous.
[See dodge v.]
One who tries to dodge the devil (see quot. 1893); also, a nickname for ranting preachers, or preachers generally. So ˈdevil-dodging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1791J. Lackington Mem. vi (D.), These devil-dodgers happened to be so very powerful (that is, noisy). 1861Under the Spell III. 111 So you have taken to ‘devil-dodging’, sermonizing, or whatever you call it. 1886G. Allen Maimie's Sake i, He has a rabid objection to the clergy—the black brigade and the devil-dodgers, he calls them. Ibid. v, A pack of trumpery superstitious devil-dodging nonsense. 1893M. West Born Player 202 Unbiassed people who went to church in the morning and to chapel in the evening—devil-dodgers as they were coarsely called, who were determined to be right one way or another. |