crawthumper en · NOUN
Etymology
From craw + thumper, suggesting a person who is always beating their chest, a gesture of piety and submission.
Meanings
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(Ireland, colloquial) An ostentatiously pious person, especially a Roman Catholic.
Those crawthumpers, now that's a good name for them, there's always something shiftylooking about them.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 5: Lotus Eaters]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 78:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| crawthumpers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |