单词 | swellism |
释义 | swellismn. colloquial. The character, style, or practice of a ‘swell’. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of fashion1604 mode1668 bon-ton1747 haut ton1801 swellism1840 West Endism1841 swellishness1863 toffishness1873 mundanity1892 swellness1894 1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 796/2 The only point of swellism which the Lord Advocate usually lacks, is white kids. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. ix. 188 Selwyn would be..contemptuous of Blake's swellism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1840 |
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