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God-botherer; God-pesterer
noun
an immoderately religious individual UK, 1937- CARTER: He’s a cricketer. REGAN: Yeah, I was coming to that. And a pound to a penny he’s a God-botherer. CARTER: Well, with his size, you see, his prayers don’t have to go far. — The Sweeney, 4 October 1976
- However, as far as the God-botherers were concerned, the deposit off a crate of ginger bottles would be too much of an outlay if it was spent on something they disapproved of. — Christopher Brookmyre, The Sacred Art of Stealing, p. 336, 2002
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