"bead-rattler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bead-rattlers [plural]
Etymology: A reference to rosary beads. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bead-rattler (plural bead-rattlers)
  1. (derogatory) A Roman Catholic. Tags: derogatory
    Sense id: en-bead-rattler-en-noun-PyL~EI2z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "A reference to rosary beads.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1951, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Joy Street, page 236",
          "text": "And can't you smell that bacon? To think that a poor bead-rattler like me can't have any, on a Friday, no matter how early he's up, and that you might have all you wanted, if you'd only take the trouble to come and get it, you lazy heretics!",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!",
          "text": "A young bead-rattler it was, made the same mistake as yersel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Stephen L. Antczak, James C. Bassett, Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables",
          "text": "Seeing how ye're a native son of our beloved country, and ain't a bead rattler, I'm gonna be generous and set ya a task.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Charles Knepper, The Fleecing, page 25",
          "text": "He's a bead rattler, a papist.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Chris Brookmyre, Siege Mentality",
          "text": "I recall being impressed that you were able to translate it, though probably at the cost of the unreconstructed Rangers fans on the firm marking you down as a bead-rattler.",
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        "A Roman Catholic."
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        "(derogatory) A Roman Catholic."
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  "etymology_text": "A reference to rosary beads.",
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "ref": "1951, Frances Parkinson Keyes, Joy Street, page 236",
          "text": "And can't you smell that bacon? To think that a poor bead-rattler like me can't have any, on a Friday, no matter how early he's up, and that you might have all you wanted, if you'd only take the trouble to come and get it, you lazy heretics!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Jeff Torrington, Swing Hammer Swing!",
          "text": "A young bead-rattler it was, made the same mistake as yersel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Stephen L. Antczak, James C. Bassett, Clockwork Fairy Tales: A Collection of Steampunk Fables",
          "text": "Seeing how ye're a native son of our beloved country, and ain't a bead rattler, I'm gonna be generous and set ya a task.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, Charles Knepper, The Fleecing, page 25",
          "text": "He's a bead rattler, a papist.",
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        {
          "ref": "2017, Chris Brookmyre, Siege Mentality",
          "text": "I recall being impressed that you were able to translate it, though probably at the cost of the unreconstructed Rangers fans on the firm marking you down as a bead-rattler.",
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