Dandysme

Historisches, Kulturelles und Literarisches zum Dandy

Juli 24, 2007
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the Swell

definition: the meaning “wealthy, elegant person” is first recorded in 1786; hence the adjective meaning “fashionably dressed or equipped” (1810), both from the notion of “puffed-up, pompous” behaviour. source: Online Etymological Dictionary definition: The better-dressed thieves and pickpockets. A “swell” … Weiterlesen