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Sloane Ranger, n. and adj. phr.|sləʊn ˈreɪndʒə(r)|
[Blend of Sloane Square, London, and Lone Ranger, a well-known hero of western stories and films.]
(Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of) an upper class and fashionable but conventional young woman in London. Also occas. extended to any member of the class to which such young women belong, and ellipt. as Sloane. Hence ˈSloaneness.
1975P. York in Harpers & Queen Oct. 190/3 The Sloane Rangers..are the nicest British Girl. Ibid. 191/2 The Sloane Rangers always add tone. They never put on prole accents, like self-conscious Oxford boys in the sixties. Ibid. 191/3 Once a Sloane marries and moves to Kennington and starts learning sociology through the Open University, she is off the rails. Ibid., Sloaneness, some people would say, is a track to be liberated from. Ibid. 192/3 Sloane Ranger pet hates..incense, Norman Mailer. 1978Evening Standard 21 Aug. 13/2 A way of life neither Mayfair, nor West End nor Sloane Ranger, but which is summed up in the words Cafe Society. 1978D. MacKenzie Deep, Dark & Dangerous i. 55 Emma..was a hell of a lot different to the succession of Sloane Rangers who had been her predecessors, harpies bent on getting far more than they gave. 1980S. Allan Dead Giveaway xv. 154 She wore a cashmere sweater..a Sloane ranger type. 1981J. Mann Funeral Sites xviii. 111 The all-English Phoebe with her Sloane Ranger voice and manners. 1982Barr & York Official Sloane Ranger Handbk. 10/1 Sloane Rangers hesitate to use the term ‘breeding’ now (of people, not animals) but that's what background means. 1983Times 16 Apr. 3/7 (headline) Bogus Sloane Ranger lived like a lord. Ibid. 3/8 He even emulated the voice of those known as Sloane Rangers and men about town. |