creeping Jesus

English

Noun

creeping Jesus

(Britain, informal, derogatory) A person who puts on a pretense of piety.

References

“creeping Jesus” (US) / “creeping Jesus” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.
“creeping Jesus” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

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