Jerry Sneak

noun

A henpecked husband.

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Meanings

nounJerry Sneak (plural Jerry Sneaks)

plural Jerry Sneaks

  1. archaicslangA henpecked husband.

    But very often blust'ring blades / Are Jerry Sneaks at home.

    1832, The Universal Songster: Or, Museum of Mirth, page 189

Origin

After a character in Samuel Foote's The Mayor of Garret, a farce first performed in 1763.

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Jerry Sneak. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Jerry%20Sneak

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