swelldomn.
/ˈswɛldəm/ colloquial.
The realm or world of ‘swells’; people of rank and fashion, or of distinction of any kind.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun]
higheOE
high life?a1518
towna1616
world1618
grand monde1673
society1693
beau monde1712
fine world1740
monde1765
tonc1770
high society1782
fashion1807
all the world1808
society1840
smart set1851
swelldom1854
Fifth Avenue1858
fashionabledom1859
haut monde1864
the big cheesea1910
higlif1911
haute Bohème1925
café society1937
jet set1949
beautiful people1950
1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes (1855) II. v. 45 When all Swelldom is at her feet.
1864 J. R. Green Let. 29 July (1901) 152 I..discover what a false pretence antiquarian swelldom is.
1885 Graphic 21 Feb. 174/2 In the railway train, we sit either in exclusive ‘swelldom’ in the first, or herd with ‘the vulgar’ in the third class.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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