Plymouth sistern.
/ˌplɪməθ ˈsɪstə/, U.S. /ˈplɪməθ ˈsɪstər/ A female member of the Plymouth Brethren.
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Plymouth sister1860
1860 C. M. Yonge Hopes & Fears II. xiii. 250 She is a Plymouth sister.
1872 Presbyterian Q. & Princeton Rev. Jan. 75 The Marchioness of Q—was once a Plymouth sister.
1939 A. Huxley After Many a Summer 42 His maternal grandmother, had lived and died a Plymouth Sister.
1957 R. Fulford Votes for Women 61 His domestic circle was possibly not in open sympathy with the women's movement since his wife, who was a Plymouth Sister, once jumped out of the window rather than meet Harriet Martineau.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1860- to hang five
- to hang five, ten
- to hang hold on by the eyelids
- to hang in
- to hang in effigy
- to hang in the wind
- to hang it on
- to hang it out
- to hang it up
- to hang long betwixt one's fingers
- to hang long betwixt one'the fingers
- to hang loose
- to hang loose to
- to hang off
- to hang on
- to hang on a person's lips
- to hang on by one's fingernails
- to hang on by one's fingertips
- to hang on by the eyelids
- to hang on in the hedge
- to hang on lips
- to hang on one's mind
- to hang on or in a string
- to hang on someone's rear
- to hang on the hedge