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guardee|gɑːˈdiː|
[f. guard n. 8 + -ee2.]
A familiar name for a guardsman, esp. as a type of smartness and elegance. Also attrib. or as quasi-adj.
1904Kipling Traffics & Discov. 281 That old chap..is an ex-Guardee. That's why he's saluting in slow time. 1931Brophy & Partridge Songs & Slang 1914–18 (ed. 3) 213 Guardsman's wriggle, exaggerated salute affected by the Guards. Variants, ‘tickling his ear’, ‘Guardee wriggle’. 1932‘A. Bridge’ Peking Picnic xv. 184 Music, of which Touchy, for all his rather Guardee appearance, was passionately fond. 1937Oxford Mag. 6 May 565 Blow the trumpet! Guardee tramp it! 1939J. Cary Mr. Johnson 151 He hollows his back like a guardee. |