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Meaning of abbey-lubber | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.

derogatory, historical, obsolete

Examples

“This is no huge overgrown abbey-lubber.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

Abbeyard Abbeyfeale Abbeyhill Abbeyleix Abbeys Abbeystead