单词 | tom pat |
释义 | > as lemmasTom Pat ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ignorant Sir John Lack-latinc1534 patrico?1536 hedge-priest1550 Tom Pat1710 1710 G. L. Amorous Gallant's Tongue (ed. 5) 109 A Parson, Tom Patt. 1728 Street-robberies, Consider'd 35 Tom Pat, a Parson. 1789 Solitary Castle I. xi. 169 As to that matter, you may call a Tom-pat a black bird if you please,..but I think him more like a wood-pecker; for you may see him every Sunday, up to his ears in oak, just thrusting his head out of his nest. 1873 C. G. Leland Eng. Gipsies & their Lang. vi. 86 Bats, a low term for a pair of boots, especially bad ones..generally called, however, by the Romany in England, Tom Pats. 1890 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang, Jargon & Cant II. 362/1 Tom-pats, in canting, shoes. < as lemmas |
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