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单词 pantiler
释义

pantiler

English

Etymology

pantile + -er. Hotten suggests a derivation from the slang pantile (hat), because of the distinctive sugar-loaf hats worn by Puritans, or the habit of Quakers and many Dissenters of not removing their hats in a place of worship; or else from pantile (type of roof tile) with which the meeting-houses of Dissenters were usually covered.

Noun

pantiler (plural pantilers)

  1. (Britain, religion, slang, obsolete) A preaching Dissenter.

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
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