pantiler

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English

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Etymology

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pantile +‎ -er. Hotten suggests a derivation from the slang pantile (hat), because of the distinctive sugar-loaf hats worn by Puritans, or the habit of Quakers and many Dissenters of not removing their hats in a place of worship; or else from pantile (type of roof tile) with which the meeting-houses of Dissenters were usually covered.

Noun

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pantiler (plural pantilers)

  1. (UK, religion, slang, obsolete) A preaching Dissenter.

References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

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