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lentil-weaver

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A left-wing, environmentalist or hippie person.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: derogatory, humorous, sometimes

Examples

  • 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: tree hugger, yoghurt-knitter

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See lentil-weaving.