come-to-Jesus adj.
(orig. US tramp) insincerely pious.
[ | ![]() | Lincoln Co. Leader (NM) 24 July 1/4: We have the Salvation Army with its ‘come-to-Jesus-Jane’ [...] and ‘Devil-Driver Sal’. |
![]() | Short Stories (1937) 140: A small, nondescript crowd [...] listening while a sleek Greek conducted a Come-to-Jesus meeting. | ‘A Casual Incident’ in|
![]() | Milk and Honey Route 202: Come to Jesus – A come-to-Jesus manner means to feign piety. | |
![]() | Age Of Consent 114: I’d have it out with him, I would, the dirty Come-to-Jesus skinflint. | |
![]() | No-Good Friday (1993) 50: You think we’re just poor suffering come-to-Jesus-at-the-end-of-it-all black men. |
In compounds
(US) a frock coat.
![]() | Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |
(Can./US) a stiff dress collar.
![]() | Beggars of Life 242: The good man wore a ‘come-to-Jesus’ collar, a shoe string black tie and a Uriah Heep expression. | |
![]() | Milk and Honey Route 202: A come-to-Jesus collar is one worn by a preacher. | |
![]() | Criminal Sl. (rev. edn). |