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Fauntleroy|ˈfɔːntlərɔɪ|
The name of the hero of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel Little Lord Fauntleroy (1885), used attrib. to designate the style of dress or hair (for boys) which the book popularized; also applied, often ironically, to a child of the gentle nature of the book's hero. (The phr. Little Lord Fauntleroy is also used.)
1911L. Stone Jonah ii. i. 149 A Fauntleroy velvet suit. 1913F. H. Burnett T. Tembarom xiii. 153 Who's this Fauntleroy in the lace collar? 1923[see after-life 2]. 1929T. Wolfe Look Homeward, Angel (1930) viii. 93 Fat Fauntleroy curls. 1933N. & Q. 18 Mar. 193/1 Lace collars were sometimes worn with velvet suits before..1886. Mrs. Hodgson Burnett is understood to have invented the Fauntleroy costume by adding a sash and lace collars and cuffs to these suits. 1933Dylan Thomas Let. Oct. (1966) 35 Myself aged seven—thick-lipped, Fauntleroy-haired. 1942D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) viii. 181 Some little Lord Fauntleroy who had just found out there were rotters in the world. 1950A. Wilson Such Darling Dodos 34 The creature would be dressed in a velvet suit and fauntleroy collar. 1959Sunday Times 9 Aug. 3/7 Brixtonites could not imagine why so many little local boys were walking about in ‘Little Lord Fauntleroy’ suits. |