单词 | parson-baiting |
释义 | > as lemmasparson-baiting parson-baiting n. and adj. ΚΠ 1903 Westm. Gaz. 11 Feb. 10/1 Q. What is the most popular sport in England at the present day? A. Parson-bating. 1907 Westm. Gaz. 23 Sept. 2/3 A mere parson-baiting Hooligan or one whose universal major premiss is Everything a bishop does is wrong. 1935 Amer. Hist. Rev. 40 461 The group of parson-baiting skeptics which Mr. Adams hails as typical of the new age. 1998 Northern Echo (Nexis) 21 Feb. 10 Philip van Straubenzee, still very much alive, is 86, plays tennis and once reckoned his hobby was parson baiting. < as lemmas |
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