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Jack-a-dandy|ˌdʒækəˈdændɪ|
Also 7 Iack O'Dandy.
[See Jack n.1 36, and cf. dandy n.1]
A little pert or conceited fellow; a contemptuous name for a beau, fop, dandy.
1632Brome North. Lasse iii. ii, Ile throw him into the Dock rather then he shall succeed Iack O'Dandy. 1664G. Etherege Com. Revenge ii. iii, Leave her, she's only worth the Care Of some spruce Jack-a-dandy. 1754Richardson Grandison (1781) IV. xxix. 209 Notwithstanding all the Jack-a-dandies that have been fluttering about you. 1869Spurgeon J. Ploughm. Talk 13 I'd sooner by half bend my back double with hard work than be a jack-a-dandy.
attrib.a1791Grose Olio (1796) 98 Ere in this jack-a-dandy plight, I boasted an exclusive right. 1842S. Lover Handy Andy xix. 172 Tom did not understand French, but..despised it as a jack-a-dandy acquirement.
Hence Jack-a-ˈdandyism [see -ism].
1842S. Lover Handy Andy iv. 41 They call in Jack Growling, who scorns Jack-a-dandyism, and he gets a solitary guinea. |