HEAD-CLERK OF DOXOLOGY WORKS, subs. phr. (American).—A parson. See DEVIL-DODGER.
1869. S. L. CLEMENS (‘Mark Twain’), The Innocents at Home, ch. ii. If I’ve got the rights of it, and you are the HEAD CLERK OF THE DOXOLOGY WORKS next door.
HEAD-CLERK OF DOXOLOGY WORKS, subs. phr. (American).—A parson. See DEVIL-DODGER.
1869. S. L. CLEMENS (‘Mark Twain’), The Innocents at Home, ch. ii. If I’ve got the rights of it, and you are the HEAD CLERK OF THE DOXOLOGY WORKS next door.
