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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An effeminate dandy.
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Perfume and suppliance of a minute, 129. on the violet, to throw a, 79. puss-gentleman that 's all, 415. scent of odorous, 242.
Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature John Bartlett 1862
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(noun) - (1) A gentleman perfumed with civet. --Sir James Murray's New English Dictionary, 1909 (2) An effeminate dandy. --William Whitney's Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia, 1889 (3) I cannot talk with civet in the room, / A fine puss-gentleman that's all perfume. --William Cowper's Conversation, 1781
January 27, 2018