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noun
Any type of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive
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noun
A person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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noun
Long, bushy sideburns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-plural
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Synonyms: Piccadilly weepers
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Dundreary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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History
From the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858).
