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Dundreary|dʌnˈdrɪərɪ|
[Name of Lord Dundreary, a character in T. Taylor's comedy Our American Cousin (1858).]
In allusive attrib. uses, esp. Dundreary whiskers, long side whiskers worn without a beard. Also absol., usu. in pl. (See also quot. 18642.)
1862Englishwoman's Dom. Mag. Aug. 183 Bodger..came to understand (in a Dundreary manner) a little more about Bradshaw. 1864Chambers's Jrnl. 17 Sept. 595/2 It was only a summer scarf, of the sort that is called Dundreary. 1864Hotten Slang Dict. 127 Dundreary, an empty swell. 1867‘Pips’ Lyrics & Lays 141 Full proud is he, I ween, Of his Dundreary whiskers. 1882‘F. Anstey’ Vice Versa xvii, Bushy black whiskers, more like the antiquated ‘Dundreary’ type than modern fashion permits. 1894C. G. Harper Revolted Woman ii. 39 This fashion was the ‘Piccadilly-weeper’ variety of adornment, known at this day—chiefly owing to Sothern's impersonation of a contemporary lisping fop—as the ‘Dundreary’. 1906Galsworthy Man of Property i. i, His cheeks, thinned by two parallel folds, and a long clean-shaven upper lip, were framed within Dundreary whiskers. 1929C. H. Smith Bridge of Life ii. 38 The older men wore beards, Dundrearys or side whiskers; the middle-aged, mustaches. |