Parson Trulliber

English

Etymology

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

Noun

Parson Trulliber (plural Parson Trullibers)

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

References

  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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