单词 | Bible-basher |
释义 | Bible-bashernoun Bi·ble-bash·er variants or less commonly bible-basher plural Bible-bashers also bible-bashers chiefly British, informal : bible-thumper The old-style Bible-bashers were street-corner evangelists who bawled all Hell out of luckless sinners for the greater glory of the Lord. … the activities of opium-smugglers and bible-bashers in the early nineteenth century provide some wryly amusing material of which the author makes the most. Bible-bashing adjective or less commonly bible-bashing Although the gamblers had helped lay the economic foundations of the American South, their expulsion begat the God-fearing, Bible-bashing belt still with us today. They've drifted from organised religion because of the fashion in recent decades for the materialistic lifestyle, and won't be enticed back by Bible-bashing evangelism or Christian social strictures. |
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