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ˈpoodle-faker slang (chiefly Services').
[f. poodle n. 1 + faker.]
A man who cultivates female society, esp. for the purpose of professional advancement; a ladies' man; a socialite; also, a young, newly commissioned officer. So ˈpoodle-faking vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1902T.C.D. 22 Nov., The ‘poodle-faker’ is just as much a social necessity as tea-cakes. 1914‘I. Hay’ Knight on Wheels (ed. 2) iii. xxiii. 228 And now my lad, you are going to put on your best duds and come poodle-faking with me! 1915‘Bartimeus’ Tall Ship iv. 75 Don't tell me the lad is going poodle-faking! 1918A. H. Chute Real Front xiv. 240 He [sc. a big Australian private] encountered a pink-faced English youth, who had just got his commission, one of the Percival or Cuthbert type, whom we refer to in the army as ‘poodle-fakers’. 1918‘Taffrail’ Watch Below 57 The ladies' men or ‘poodle-fakers’, as we called them, had their tea-parties, dinner-parties, and dances more often than was good for them. 1925F. C. Bowen King's Navy 239 The tea party to which the other sex is invited from ‘the beach’ is a ‘tea-fight’ or ‘bun-worry’, while paying calls ashore is ‘poodle-faking’. 1929A. B. E. Cator in Hoghunters' Ann. 52 Man is primævally a killer; by the word man I mean a real man, not the long haired poodle faking, over dressed idiot, all too common at home in these post-war days. 1938C. L. Morgan Flashing Stream i. i. 59 Brissing, you're the poodle-faker in this mess. 1939A. Powell What's become of Waring? vii. 200 But what did you live on?.. A bit of journalism here and there, a good deal of poodle-faking. 1949H. Pakington Young W. Washbourne 38 John had said quite frankly that one didn't always want to be saddled with one's cousins, however charming, and William had retorted that he'd be damned if he'd go round poodle-faking all the time, and what was a flag-lieutenant for except to amuse the Admiral's guests. 1963M. Malim Pagoda Tree 93 Women are not admitted to the main club premises except once a year at the ball. Traditionally, married members are confined to the club between 7.30 and 8.30 pm while poodle-fakers dally with their wives in their victorias outside on the fan. 1963N. Marsh Dead Water (1964) vi. 134, I left my regiment. Took on this damned poodlefaking instead. 1967D. Busk Craft of Diplomacy vii. 184 In Britain it is still widely assumed, perhaps largely because of ignorant or malevolent press comments, that the Service requires private means and anyhow is only poodlefaking. 1977J. Porter Who the Heck xi. 97 There's some blooming Parisian couturier coming to see her... To hear her talk you'd think a bunch of corn slicers and foreign poodle-fakers was more important than solving the crime of the century. 1978M. M. Kaye Far Pavilions xi. 175 He could go and shoot in Kashmir..which would do him a lot more good than poodle-faking at tea-parties. |