See Also: Cuthbert(dictionary)
Dukes, Cuthbert(medicine)
Cuthbert, Saint(encyclopedia)
Cuthbert (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Faulkner, William (Cuthbert)(encyclopedia)

Cuthbert (iou)



Cuthbert noun. L17.
[Male forename: in senses 1 & 2 from St Cuthbert (c 635-87), bishop of Lindisfarne.]
Cuthbert's beads, St Cuthbert's beads, detached and perforated joints of fossil crinoids found along the Northumbrian coast. L17.
Cuthbert duck, St Cuthbert's duck, the eider duck, which breeds in the Farne Islands. L17.
A man who deliberately avoids military service; esp. in the war of 1914-18, one who did so by securing a post in a Government office or the Civil Service; a conscientious objector. slang. derog. E20.