ˈdraffsack Now dial.
[f. draff + sack n. = MDu. drafsac lit. and fig.]
A sack of draff or refuse; also fig. a big paunch; lazy glutton. Also attrib.
| c 1386 Chaucer Reeve's T. 286, I lye as a draf-sak in my bed. c 1534 F. Bygod Treat. Impropr. Benefices, They..knowe none other god almost than the gret draf⁓sacke of Rome. a 1564 Becon Humble Supplic. Prayers, etc. (1844) 239 The priests of Baal..pampered their idle draffsack bellies with all kind of pleasant wines and dainty dishes. 1616 Deacon Tobacco tortured 57 Tobacco..the Draffe-sacks delight. 1894 Crockett Lilac Sunbonnet 171 Sleep yer ain sleeps, ye pair o' draft-sacks. |
Hence † ˈdraffsacked ppl. a., of the nature of a draffsack; stuffed with refuse; vilely gluttonous; worthless. Obs.
| 1548 Hall Chron., Hen. VII, 43 One of y⊇ capiteins of this donge hill and draffe sacked ruffians. 1560 Becon Fortress Faithf. Pref. Wks. 123 a, That gloton..enfarcing his owne stinckyng and draffesacked belly with..deintie dishes. a 1564 ― Humble Supplic. Prayers, etc. (1844) 228 To maintain their idle and draffsacked bellies. |