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swaddler|ˈswɒdlə(r)|
[f. swaddle v. + -er1. For the commonly accepted explanation of this term see quot. 1747. The plausibility of this account is challenged, and another origin is suggested, in N. & Q. Ser. iv. I. (1868) 377/1.]
orig. A nickname for a Methodist, esp. a Methodist preacher, in Ireland; now, for Protestants in general.
1747C. Wesley Jrnl. 10 Sept. (1849) I. 457 We dined with a gentleman, who explained our name to us. It seems we are beholden to Mr. Cennick for it, who abounds in such⁓like expressions as, ‘I curse and blaspheme all the gods in heaven, but the babe that lay in the manger, the babe that lay in Mary's lap, the babe that lay in swaddling clouts’, &c. Hence they nicknamed him, ‘Swaddler, or Swaddling John’; and the word sticks to us all, not excepting the Clergy. 1771–2Ess. fr. Batchelor (1773) II. 198 Those glorious days, when..regulators shall disarm troops, and swaddlers superseded [sic] the clergy. 1810J. Lambert Trav. Canada & U.S. (1816) I. 346 Quakers, Shakers, Swadlers, and Jumpers. 1825Cobbett Prot. Ref. (1847) 105 How the swaddlers would cry out for another ‘Reformation’! a1834in W. J. Fitz-Patrick Life Doyle (1880) I. 370 Arrah! hould yer tongue, ye canting Swaddler. 1869Card. Cullen in Times 3 Sept. 8/3 Members may be of any religion—Catholics, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Socinians, Arians, Swaddlers. 1894Hall Caine Manxman 232 To cast ridicule on the ‘swaddler’ and the ‘publican preacher’. 1907Catholic Weekly 29 Nov. 3/3 No priest could enter, and the soupers and swaddlers had all the guidance..of children and teachers. |