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BRUMMELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English dandy who was a fashion leader during the Regency (1778-1840)
Synonyms:
Beau Brummell; Brummell; George Bryan Brummell
Classified under:
Instance hypernyms:
beau; clotheshorse; dandy; dude; fashion plate; fop; gallant; sheik; swell (a man who is much concerned with his dress and appearance)
Context examples:
Then, just as I had hoped that all was settled, in came young Mr. Brummell, who promised to be an even greater exquisite than my uncle, and the whole matter had to be thrashed out between them.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If you had made bad taste your enemy, the world of fashion would willingly have looked upon you as an arbiter by virtue of your family traditions, and you might without a struggle have stepped into the position to which this young upstart Brummell aspires.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Amongst the books to which I am indebted for my material in my endeavour to draw various phases of life and character in England at the beginning of the century, I would particularly mention Ashton’s Dawn of the Nineteenth Century; Gronow’s “Reminiscences;” Fitzgerald’s “Life and Times of George IV.;” Jesse’s “Life of Brummell;” “Boxiana;” “Pugilistica;” Harper’s “Brighton Road;” Robinson’s “Last Earl of Barrymore” and “Old Q.;” Rice’s “History of the Turf;” Tristram’s “Coaching Days;” James’s “Naval History;” Clark Russell’s “Collingwood” and “Nelson.”
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
