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单词 stiggins
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Stigginsn.

/ˈstɪɡɪnz/
Etymology: < the name of the Reverend Stiggins, a character in Dickens's Pickwick Papers (1836–7).
A pious humbug.
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1916 G. B. Shaw Androcles & Lion p. xciv The imitators of the apostles, whether they are called Holy Willies or Stigginses in derision, or, in admiration, Puritans or saints.
1931 A. Huxley Let. 25 Sept. (1969) 355 That horribly snuffling Stiggins tone!
1935 Times 5 Jan. 6/3 I do protest strongly at any attempt to revive the activities of the Prudes on the Prowl, the spying of the Stigginses, and the chortling of the Chadbands.
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