ungrateful man n.
a parson, ‘who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil’ (Grose 1785).
, , | ![]() | Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue n.p.: Ungrateful man, a parson, who at least once a week abuses his best benefactor, i.e. the devil. |
![]() | Lex. Balatronicum [as cit. 1785]. | |
![]() | Grose’s Classical Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue. | |
![]() | Tuapeka Times (Otago, NZ) 12 Aug. 6/4: Clergymen are called the ‘ungrateful man’’. |