adj. (old).—An epithet of ridicule or contempt.

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  18[?].  Broadside Ballad. A PRESBYTERIAN TRICK [Title].

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  1706.  WARD, Hudibras Redivivus, v. 26. But, Lord, I pray thee, by the bye, Look down and cast a jealous Eye Upon our cunning Elder Brethren, Call’d by the name of PRESBYTERIAN.

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  1772.  BRIDGES, A Burlesque Translation of Homer, 117.

        For the right PRESBYTERIAN breed
Always coin pray’rs in time of need.

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  1847.  HALLIWELL, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, etc., s.v. PRESBYTERIAN-TRICK. A dishonest bargain; a knavish trick.

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