papish — ozdic

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adj

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Roman Catholic.

noun

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A Roman Catholic.

‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.

King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.

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‘But how can he have any right to make us papishes?’ says the landlord.

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King William on a white horse crossing the Boyne is still their beau ideal and to shout 'To Hell With the Pope' and to stone the 'bloody papishes' is still the chief duty of a 'loyal' Belfast citizen.

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