Meanings
plural Chadbands
- A smug preacher.
Would a Chadband, a deliberate hypocrite, have achieved the stern self-abandonment with which he now set himself to readjust Edward Albert's affairs?
1941, H. G. Wells, You Can't Be Too Careful1 more example
Chadbands have nothing to do with art, and their appearance on every possible occasion is an insult to artistic intelligence. The priest is the enemy of art; always has been, and always will be. Art is pagan, and the prattle of the preacher will never make it anything else.
1891, Alfred Trumble, The Art Collector: A Journal Devoted to the Arts and the Crafts, page 50
Origin
After the character of Mr Chadband in Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House (1852).
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