old field preachern.
Probably misinterpretation (in Dict. Amer. Engl., followed by O.E.D. Suppl. and other dictionaries) of ‘old field-preacher’ (see field preacher n.), taking ‘old field’ as a noun compound used attributively (see old field n.).
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1904 T. Watson Bethany ii. iii. 168 The tremendous emphasis with which the old field preacher uttered the words.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1904- to smell of the candle, lamp, oil
- to smell of the inkhorn
- to smell of the lamp
- to smell of the shop
- to smell taste the lamp
- to smell the flowers
- to smell the ground
- to smell the roses
- to smile etc goodbye
- to smile from ear to ear
- to smile goodbye
- to smile hug goodbye
- to smite a a homer
- to smite a animal dead
- to smite a animal to death
- to smite a animal to the death
- to smite a etc
- to smite a etc to death
- to smite a etc to the death
- to smite a person dead
- to smite a person through
- to smite a person to death
- to smite a person to the death
- to smite a person to the earth
- to smite a person to the floor