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abbey-lubbers

abbey-lubbers is the plural of abbey-lubber.

Meaning of abbey-lubber

Noun

abbey-lubber (plural abbey-lubbers)

  1. (derogatory, historical, obsolete) An able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.
    • This is no huge overgrown abbey-lubber.1681, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar, III-iii

Questions about abbey-lubbers

What is abbey-lubbers the plural of?
Abbey-lubbers is the plural of abbey-lubber.

Words near abbey-lubbers in the dictionary

  1. Abbey Village
  2. Abbey Wood
  3. abbey-counter
  4. abbey-counters
  5. abbey-lubber
  6. abbey-lubbers
  7. abbey-stead
  8. abbey-steads
  9. abbey-stede
  10. abbey-stedes
  11. Abbeyard

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