saga boyn.
/ˈsaɡə bɔɪ/, U.S. /ˈsæɡə ˌbɔɪ/, Caribbean English /ˈsaɡa ˌbɔi/, /ˈsaɡa ˌbai/, /ˈsaɡʌ ˌbɔi/, /ˈsaɡʌ ˌbai/ Caribbean.
A fashionable man, esp. one who lives idly or has many sexual partners; a playboy.
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the mind > attention and judgement > fashionableness > [noun] > dandy
popa1500
miniona1513
prick-me-daintya1529
puppy?1544
velvet-coat1549
skipjack1554
coxcomb1567
musk cat?1567
physbuttocke1570
Adonis?1571
Adon1590
foretop1597
musk-cod1600
pretty fellow1600
sparkc1600
spangle-baby1602
flash1605
barber-monger1608
cocoloch1610
dapperling1611
fantastica1613
feather-cock1612
trig1612
jack-a-dandy?1617
gimcrack1623
satinist1639
powder puffa1653
fop1676
prig1676
foplinga1681
cockcomb1684
beau garçona1687
shape1688
duke1699
nab1699
smirk1699
beau1700
petty master1706
moppet1707
Tom Astoner1707
dapper1709
petit maître1711
buck1725
toupee1727
toupet1728
toupet-man1748
jemmy1753
jessamy1753
macaroni1764
majoc1770
monkeyrony1773
dandyc1780
elegant1780
muscadin1794
incroyable1797
beauty man1800
bang-up1811
natty1818
ruffian1818
exquisite1819
heavy swell1819
marvellous1819
bit of stuff1828
merveilleux1830
fat1832
squirt1844
dandyling1846
ineffable1859
guinea pig1860
Dundreary swell1862
masher1872
dude1877
mash1879
dudette1883
dand1886
heavy gunner1890
posh1890
nut1904
smoothie1929
fancy-pants1930
saga boy1941
fancy Dan1943
the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] > lazy person > an idler or loafer > fashionable
flâneur1854
lounge lizard1918
saga boy1941
1941 ‘Lord Invader’ (title of record) Saga boy's in town.
1996 E. Lovelace Salt vi. 98 Saga boys with their yellow shirts and green pants with polka-dot handkerchiefs sticking out of their back pockets.
2015 ‘Chow Chow’ Saga Boy (transcribed from song) Hey mister if you like your girl I suggest that you hold your girl 'Cause tonight she might meet a saga boy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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