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devil dodger
noun as in clergyman
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A canting hypocrite, a psalm-singer and devil-dodger, he has no civilization worth the name, and his customs are filthy.
And the doctor gave him all that he had, the mean-spirited devil-dodger, and it was no more than eighteenpence.
"All right, devil-dodger," said he wearily, after a long sullen silence.
I'll have hundreds of pounds next week—hundreds;' and he broke out fiercely, 'get me more brandy; don't mind that devil-dodger.'
Devil dodger, a clergyman; also a person who goes sometimes to church and sometimes to meeting.
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On this page you'll find 44 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to devil dodger, such as: bishop, chaplain, cleric, evangelist, missionary, and pastor.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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