单词 | god-botherer |
释义 | > as lemmasGod-botherer God-botherer n. depreciative (chiefly British, originally Military slang) a member of the clergy; any religious-minded person, esp. a proselytizing Christian. ΚΠ 1937 E. Partridge Dict. Slang 338/2 God-botherer, a parson: Royal Air Force's: from ca. 1920. 1939 R. D. Q. Henriques No Arms, No Armour xiv. 395 He had been pretty close to becoming a God-botherer, a religious sort of bloke who made hell for everyone by insisting on a full attendance at Church parade. 1966 Times 22 Jan. 9/6 Missionaries, known locally to the unconverted as ‘devil-dodgers’ and ‘God-botherers’. 1966 K. Amis Anti-Death League (1967) ii. 147 ‘What do you think of the padre, Max?’..‘Not a bad chap for a God-botherer.’ 2008 S. Armitage Gig (2009) 201 He wasn't..the first bluesman, pot-head, speed-freak or born-again God-botherer. < as lemmas |
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