What does lentil-weaver mean?
Lentil-weaver means (humorous, sometimes derogatory) A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(humorous, sometimes derogatory) A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person..
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.
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.
Use lentil-weaver when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lentil-weaver means (humorous, sometimes derogatory) A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person..
Common synonyms include tree hugger, yoghurt-knitter.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Bigots grow old. As do lentil weavers. As do you. Trite but true.
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