| 单词 | priest-baiting |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspriest-baiting priest-baiting adj. and n. ΚΠ 1892 E. S. Beesly Queen Elizabeth iv. 52 Moray failed to elicit a spark of spirit out of the priest-baiting citizens of Edinburgh. 1899 Q. Rev. Apr. 456 The crowd..cheerfully joined the sport of priest-baiting. 1973 Amer. Jrnl. Legal Hist. 17 377 Cromwell [is] no longer viewed as a Robespierrean and Stalinesque figure who enjoyed monk hunting and priest baiting. 1999 Weekend Australian (Nexis) 16 Oct. (Review section) r32 The Thornbirds, a movie of infinite temptations and furtive meetings.., certainly caused a flutter among eager priest-baiting breasts. < as lemmas |
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