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Babbitt

Bab·bitt [ bábbit ] (plural Bab·bitts)


noun 
Definition:
 
complacent middle-class man: a self-satisfied narrow-minded man who cannot see beyond his own business and social interests

[Early 20th century. After the main character in the novel Babbitt (1922) by Sinclair Lewis]

Bab·bitt·ry noun
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