Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A little foppish fellow; a dandiprat. Vanbrugh, Confederacy.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A little dandy; a little, foppish, impertinent fellow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun archaic A little dandy; a little foppish impertinent fellow.
  • noun New Zealand A small patch of light reflected from a shiny surface onto another surface such as a wall or ceiling.

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  • a pert, smart, impertinent little fellow.

    June 25, 2009