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单词 moaner's bench
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Definition of moaner's bench in English:

moaner's bench

noun ˈməʊnəz ˌbɛn(t)ʃ
United States Regional
  • A bench in a church or meeting house on which those people sit who wish to confess and repent their sins publicly at a prayer meeting or service; a mourner's bench.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in William Faulkner (1897–1962), short-story writer and novelist. Alteration of mourner's bench, after moaner, probably arising from U.S. regional (southern) pronunciation of mourner.

Definition of moaner's bench in US English:

moaner's bench

nounˈməʊnəz ˌbɛn(t)ʃ
United States Regional
  • A bench in a church or meeting house on which those people sit who wish to confess and repent their sins publicly at a prayer meeting or service; a mourner's bench.

Origin

1920s; earliest use found in William Faulkner (1897–1962), short-story writer and novelist. Alteration of mourner's bench, after moaner, probably arising from U.S. regional (southern) pronunciation of mourner.

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