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Babbitt

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Babbitt /ˈbabɪt/

▶noun dated, chiefly N. Amer. a materialistic, complacent, and conformist businessman.

– derivatives
Babbittry noun.

– origin 1922: from George Babbitt, the protagonist of the novel Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis.

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