Abbey-lubber

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English

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Noun

abbey-lubber

  1. (archaic{{#if:|, {{{2}}}{{#if:|, {{{3}}}{{#if:|, {{{4}}}{{#if:|, {{{5}}}{{#if:|, {{{6}}}{{#if:|, {{{7}}}{{#if:|, {{{8}}}{{#if:|, {{{9}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}): term of contempt for an able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; sometimes applied to monks
    • 1681: This is no huge overgrown abbey-lubber. - John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar, III-iii
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References

  • The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914
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