“devil、dodger”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

devil-dodger

释义

ˈdevil-dodger humorous.
[See dodge v.]
One who tries to dodge the devil (see quot. 1893); also, a nickname for ranting preachers, or preachers generally. So ˈdevil-dodging vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1791J. Lackington Mem. vi (D.), These devil-dodgers happened to be so very powerful (that is, noisy).1861Under the Spell III. 111 So you have taken to ‘devil-dodging’, sermonizing, or whatever you call it.1886G. Allen Maimie's Sake i, He has a rabid objection to the clergy—the black brigade and the devil-dodgers, he calls them.Ibid. v, A pack of trumpery superstitious devil-dodging nonsense.1893M. West Born Player 202 Unbiassed people who went to church in the morning and to chapel in the evening—devil-dodgers as they were coarsely called, who were determined to be right one way or another.

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