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noun
  1. (archaic): term of contempt for an able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; sometimes applied to monks
    • 1681: This is no huge overgrown . - w:John Dryden, John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar, III-iii
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