Parson Trulliber

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

After the character of the same name in Henry Fielding's Joseph Andrews (1742).

Noun

[edit]

Parson Trulliber (plural Parson Trullibers)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A rude, vulgar country clergyman, devoted to agricultural pursuits.

References

[edit]
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Parson_Trulliber&oldid=72743214"