Abbey-lubber: (n)
“A slothful loiterer in a religious house, under pretence of sanctity and austerity. Compounded of abbey and Danish lubbed, fat.”
Note to self: don’t be this.
(from The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten by Jeffrey Kacirk)
July 30th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Sounds like a fun book!
~Jeanne