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bible thumper

[bahy-buhl-thuhm-per] / ˈbaɪ bəlˌθʌm pər /


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Cumming plays the top-hatted mayor, Chenowith is a sour Bible-thumper, Trevit is a rapscallion carnival worker and Martin Short has a cameo as a leprechaun.

From Seattle Times

McCoy’s stage persona is less a backwoods Bible-thumper than boardroom guru, with some showman’s flair.

From Washington Post

He was no Bible-thumper and no pompous proselytizer.

From Washington Post

Jones explains how he bushwhacked Moore, a randy Bible-thumper endorsed by President Trump, with a combination of high-tech and grass-roots tactics that Democrats could deploy again in other sleepy red states in 2020.

From New York Times

Even when best known for playing spiritually tortured polygamist Bill Henrickson in HBO's groundbreaking and award-winning "Big Love" or the increasingly crazed Bible-thumper Randolph McCoy in "Hatfields & McCoys," Paxton often heard his famous line thrown back at him when he walked down the street. 

From Los Angeles Times