croziered abbot

== English == === Noun === croziered abbot (plural croziered abbots) (archaic, British slang) A brothel bully; a man employed by a brothel as the equivalent of bouncer; a bodyguard for prostitutes. (archaic, British slang) A pimp or brothel-owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution. ==== Synonyms ==== abbot on the cross === References === Albert Barrère and Charles G[odfrey] Leland, compilers and editors (1889–1890), “croziered abbot”, in A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant […], volume I (A–K), Edinburgh: […] The Ballantyne Press, →OCLC, page 3. John S[tephen] Farmer, compiler (1890), “croziered abbot”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume I, [London: […] Thomas Poulter and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 4.