lentil-weaver

English

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Etymology

See lentil-weaving.

Noun

lentil-weaver (plural lentil-weavers)

  1. (humorous, sometimes derogatory) A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.
    • 2009 October 17, Jemima Lewis, “Yes, the nanny state is right”, in Daily Telegraph:
      Even in those lentil-weaving, middle-class homes that don't have a television set, there are computers; and rare indeed is the lentil-weaver who has never slipped an allegedly educational DVD into the laptop in order to buy herself half an hour's peace.
    • 2010, "SerendipitousHarlot" on Mumsnet, quoted by Justine Roberts, Why Did Nobody Tell Me?: Home Truths Every Parent Needs to Know (Mumsnet), Bloomsbury Publishing →ISBN, page 395
      Bigots grow old. As do lentil weavers. As do you. Trite but true.
    • 2011, "Moondog" on Mumsnet, quoted by Bloomsbury Publishing, The Complete Mumsnet Guides: Pregnancy; Babies; Toddlers, A&C Black →ISBN
      My sister read the Deborah Jackson book when she was pregnant. She was enchanted, being a full-on lentil weaver.

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