water-lapper
/ˈwɔːtəˌlapə/noun
In the Bible (Judges 7:5): any of three hundred soldiers selected by Gideon to fight the Midianites. Hence allusively : any particularly devout or zealous soldier.
- With reference to the story in which God directs Gideon to order his army to drink, and to select those soldiers who lap the water, as opposed to those who kneel down to drink..
Origin
Early 17th century. From water + lapper.
- packing needle
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- packing press
- packing sheet
- packing station
- pack it in
- pack journalism
- pack journalist
- pack-load
- packman
- pack-needle
- pack one's bags
- pack-pedlar
- pack rape
- pack rapist
- pack rat
- pack-road
- packsack
- packsaddle
- pack-sheet
- pack shot
- pack someone off
- pack something in
- pack something out
- packstaff