English

Noun

abbey-lubber ‎(plural abbey-lubbers)

1. (obsolete) term of contempt for an able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.^[1]
   • 1681: This is no huge overgrown abbey-lubber. - John Dryden, The Spanish Fryar, III-iii

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 3

• The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914