abbey-lubber
/ˈabɪˌlʌbə/derogatory. Now historical
noun
At the English Reformation, a derogatory term for: a monk living in idleness and self-indulgence.
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Rede Me and be nott Wrothe. From abbey + lubber.
- fairly and squarely
- fair maid
- fair maid of February
- fair maid of France
- fair maids of February
- fair maids of France
- fair-market value
- fair means
- fair-minded
- fair-mindedly
- fair-mindedness
- fair name
- fairness
- fairness doctrine
- fairness opinion
- fair (or square or straight) dinkum
- fair play
- fair play to someone
- fair rent
- fair seeming
- fair's fair
- fair-shaped
- fair share
- fair-size
- fair-sized