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lentil-weaver

lentil-weaver noun: a left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.

Noun

lentil-weaver (plural lentil-weavers)

  1. (derogatory, humorous, sometimes) A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.
    • Even in those lentil-weaving, middle-class homes that don't have a television set, there are computers; and rare indeed is the lentil-weaver who has never slipped an allegedly educational DVD into the laptop in order to buy herself half an hour's peace.2009 October 17, Jemima Lewis, “Yes, the nanny state is right”, in Daily Telegraph
    • Bigots grow old. As do lentil weavers. As do you. Trite but true.2010, "SerendipitousHarlot" on Mumsnet, quoted by Justine Roberts, Why Did Nobody Tell Me?: Home Truths Every Parent Needs to Know (Mumsnet), Bloomsbury Publishing →ISBN, page 395

Synonyms of lentil-weaver

Forms of lentil-weaver

plurallentil-weavers

Origin of lentil-weaver

See lentil-weaving.

Questions about lentil-weaver

What does lentil-weaver mean?
Lentil-weaver means a left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.
What part of speech is lentil-weaver?
Lentil-weaver is a noun.
What is the plural of lentil-weaver?
The plural of lentil-weaver is lentil-weavers.

Words near lentil-weaver in the dictionary

  1. lentil shell
  2. lentil shells
  3. lentil vetch
  4. lentil vetches
  5. lentil weaving
  6. lentil-weaver
  7. lentil-weavers
  8. lentil-weaving
  9. lentilist
  10. lentilists
  11. lentilly

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