trail hitter en · NOUN
Meanings
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(informal) One who converts to a revivalist form of Christianity.
In the final count, Billy Sunday's 1918 Chicago revival attracted 49,165 converted trail-hitters, placing the city third, behind New York and Boston, in the number of revival converts.
2013, Thekla Ellen Joiner, Sin in the City: Chicago and Revivalism, 1880-1920, page 219:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| trail hitters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |