Juli 5, 2012
von Melanie Grundmann
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(From a Daily Paper, published at that period.) — “A few days ago a maccaroni made his appearance in the assembly rooms at Whitehaven, in the following dress: — A mixed silk coat, pink satin waistcoat and breeches, covered with … Weiterlesen
September 14, 2009
von Melanie Grundmann
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There is a noble German ballad, written (if we remember rightly}- by a certain Von Zedlitz (Powder), which describes, with all the weird imagination of a Doré, how at the twelfth hour of the night a little ghostly drummer once … Weiterlesen
Juli 4, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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All the discussion that is at present raging as to whether soldiers are to be put back into scarlet and gold instead of khaki reminds us that man is a natural dandy and only ceases to be a dandy when … Weiterlesen
Mai 15, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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—-a tribe of fops, Got ‘tween sleep and wake! Shakspeare. PEDIGREE OF A DANDY, FOR 1820. The Dandy was got by Variety out of Affectation, his Dam; Petit-Maitre, or Maccaroni, his Grand-dam; Fribble, his Great-Grand-dam; Bronze, his Great-Great-Grand-dam; Coxcomb and … Weiterlesen
März 24, 2008
von Melanie Grundmann
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definition: used after 1764 to mean “fop, dandy” because it was an exotic dish at a time when certain young men who had traveled the continent were affecting French and Italian fashions and accents. There is said to have been … Weiterlesen
Oktober 14, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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In 1772 came a periodical for the smart young man of the day, entitled the Maccaroni Magazine, or Monthly Intelligence of the Fashions and Diversions. The maccaroni proper flourished only for a brief period, from 1770 to 1773, and by … Weiterlesen
Juli 24, 2007
von Melanie Grundmann
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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