Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.]
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.
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_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
The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hall Caine 1892
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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.
Not enough coffee in the world. Kat 2008
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You could get a swaddler and regular sleepsack in different colors.
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Most sleepsacks run about $20 and come in a swaddler version for newborns.
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You could get a swaddler and regular sleepsack in different colors.
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Most sleepsacks run about $20 and come in a swaddler version for newborns.
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She won't be sleeping in a swaddler, your bed, etc. her whole life.
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Is he a jew or a gentile or a holy Roman or a swaddler or what the hell is he? says Ned.
Ulysses 2003
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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 Anonymous
bilby commented on the word swaddler
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September 6, 2008
bilby commented on the word swaddler
"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'.
September 6, 2008