† profanelingn.
Obsolete. rare.
A person given to profanity.
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a1640 W. Fenner Spiritvall Man's Direct. (1648) 55 As if drunkards, and whore-masters and Atheists, and prophanelings, were holyer than they.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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n.a1640- to knock up
- to knock up against
- to knock wood
- to knock — bells out of
- to knock, lay , etc, cold
- to knock, lay out, etc, cold
- to knock, smash, blow, cut, etc, into smithereens
- to knock, smash, blow, cut, etc, to smithereens
- to know a good thing when one sees it
- to live in etc
- to live in god
- to live in oneself
- to live in pension
- to live in sin
- to live in the moment
- to live in the past
- to live large
- to live life in the fast lane
- to live like a king
- to live like a lord
- to live like a pig in clover
- to live like a prince
- to live like a queen
- to live like fighting cocks
- to live low off the hog