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Stiggins|ˈstɪgɪnz|
The surname of a character in Dickens's Pickwick Papers (1836–7), used as the type of the pious humbug.
1916[see holy a. 4 c]. 1931A. Huxley Let. 25 Sept. (1969) 355 That horribly snuffling Stiggins tone! 1935Times 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. |