Dandy. , A creature unknown in England till of very late years. It is supposed to have some great defect in the formation of the head: some think the organ of folly is of such an extreme size in these animals, as to push every other organ in the head out of its place, and entirely to compress the brain; for sense they certainly have none, and motion is almost wholly denied them; incurvation is totally out of their power, and they are the most helpless of any two-legged animal upon the earth, yet they are as imitative as monkeys, and appear to follow every profession; and we have even been shocked to see them in the highest walk of our church!

“We have heard of a buck, maccaroni, and spark,
But A dandy, (poor thing) wag unknown in the ark.
For Noah had never endeavoured to save
A thing of no use from the deluge’s wave.”

Quoted from: The London Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences, etc. No. 174, May 20, 1820: 325.