devil dodgerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• devil-dodger

名詞

devil dodger (複数形 devil dodgers)

1. (informal) A clergyman, especially a military chaplain.
   • 1914, G. K. Chesterton, The Donnington Affair:

     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 and Nick Newman, The Wipers Times, BBC:

     You damned devil dodgers are going to undermine the whole war!

2. (informal, obsolete) A person who sometimes attends church and sometimes the Dissenter's meetinghouse.

参照

• 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary