What is an 'abbey-lubber'?

An 'abbey-lubber' is an idle, well-fed dependent or loafer — originally a satirical name for lazy monks. Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898), human-proofread transcription on English Wikisource records: “( An ). An idle, well-fed dependent or loafer. "It came into a common proverbe to cal…

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