devil dodger
English
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editNoun
editdevil dodger (plural devil dodgers)
- (informal) A clergyman, especially a military chaplain.
- 1914, G. K. Chesterton, The Donnington Affair[1]:
- Usually I don't trust devil dodgers — not much. But you've got a decent mug on you, and I'm going to trust you.
- 2013, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman, The Wipers Times, BBC:
- You damned devil dodgers are going to undermine the whole war!
- (informal, obsolete) A person who sometimes attends church and sometimes the Dissenter's meetinghouse.
References
edit- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary