Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A contemptuous name applied by Roman Catholics in Ireland to the early Methodists: said to have originated from a sermon preached on the infant Christ “wrapped in swaddling-clothes.” [Slang.]
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
Examples
“_tschts_ and _pshaws_ of a little group of his enemies, who lounged on the outside of the crowd to cast ridicule on the "swaddler" and the”
“Oh, we must have purchased the wrong swaddler, so I bought another.”
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“The only swaddler that worked for our Houdini was The Miracle Blanket.”
“You could get a swaddler and regular sleepsack in different colors.”
“Most sleepsacks run about $20 and come in a swaddler version for newborns.”
“She won't be sleeping in a swaddler, your bed, etc. her whole life.”
“Is he a jew or a gentile or a holy Roman or a swaddler or what the hell is he? says Ned.”
“Press_, where the peer and the commoner, the priest and the alderman, the friar and the swaddler, [2] can stretch themselves at full length, provided they be not too churlish, let us laugh at those who breed useless quarrels, and set to the world the bright example of toleration and benevolence.”
Irish Wit and Humor Anecdote Biography of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell
“-- Is he a jew or a gentile or a holy Roman or a swaddler or what the hell is he? says Ned.”
“How durst you call me a swaddler, sir?" says the Pope, forgetting, the dear man, the part that he was acting.”
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bilby "swaddlers - The tenth order of the canting tribe, who not only rob, but beat, and often murder passengers. Cant. - Swaddlers is also the Irish name for methodists."
- Francis Grose, 'The Vulgar Tongue'. Sep 6, 2008
bilby See citation on pailliard. Sep 6, 2008