guardeen.
/ˌɡɑːˈdiː/, U.S. /ˌɡɑrˈdi/ A familiar name for a guardsman, esp. as a type of smartness and elegance. Also attributive or as quasi-adj.
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1904 R. Kipling Traffics & Discov. 281 That old chap..is an ex-Guardee. That's why he's saluting in slow time.
1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (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.
1937 Oxf. Mag. 6 May 565 Blow the trumpet! Guardee tramp it!
1939 J. Cary Mister Johnson 151 He hollows his back like a guardee.
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