lubber fiendn.

Brit.

/ˈlʌbə fiːnd/, U.S.

/ˈləbər ˌfind/

Etymology: Compare lubber n. c.

A beneficent goblin supposed to perform some of the laborious work of a household or farm during the night; a ‘Lob-lie-by-the-fire’. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > brownie

browniea1522

browning1601

lubber fiend1645

urisk1806

dobby1811

silky1822

nisse1828

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To ern his Cream-bowle duly set,..Then lies him down the Lubbar Fend, And stretch'd out all the Chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength.

1831 Edinb. Rev. 54 175 The lubber-fiend has nothing of the sly humour of Robin Goodfellow about him.

1889 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) II. 222 Except that the parson is a lubber-fiend, and that the people are as poor as may be, nothing need be better.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lubber fiend
释义	lubber fiendn. Brit. /ˈlʌbə fiːnd/, U.S. /ˈləbər ˌfind/ Etymology: Compare lubber n. c. A beneficent goblin supposed to perform some of the laborious work of a household or farm during the night; a ‘Lob-lie-by-the-fire’. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > fairy or elf > [noun] > brownie browniea1522 browning1601 lubber fiend1645 urisk1806 dobby1811 silky1822 nisse1828 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 35 Tells how the drudging Goblin swet, To ern his Cream-bowle duly set,..Then lies him down the Lubbar Fend, And stretch'd out all the Chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength. 1831 Edinb. Rev. 54 175 The lubber-fiend has nothing of the sly humour of Robin Goodfellow about him. 1889 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) II. 222 Except that the parson is a lubber-fiend, and that the people are as poor as may be, nothing need be better. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1645
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