Dundreary

Edward Sothern as Lord Dundreary, sporting dundrearies

Meaning

Noun

  • Describing types of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin.
  • A person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy.
  • Long, bushy sideburns.

Origin

  • From the name of Lord Dundreary, a character in Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin (1858).

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