dundreary

plural dundrearys · plural dundrearies

1. Alternative letter-case form of Dundreary.

plural Dundrearys · plural Dundrearies · alternative dundreary

1. attributiveAny type of fashion, hairstyles etc. associated with the foppish Lord Dundreary in Taylor's Our American Cousin.First known use 19th c.

   ‘I shall, if I may claim the second dance,’ spoke up a young man with Dundreary whiskers.

   1986, Sheelagh Kelly, For My Brother's Sins

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   The shop windows were filled with Dundreary scarves, and Brother Sam scarves, and there were Dundreary collars and Dundreary shirts, and Dundrearyisms were on every lip.

   1917, George Robert Sims, My Life

2. obsoleteA person reminiscent of Lord Dundreary; a fop, a dandy.First known use 19th–20th c.
3. in pluralLong, bushy sideburns.First known use 19th c.

   All at once, the Emperor began to whistle. He really did purse his lips, the wings of his dundrearies moved a little closer together, and the Emperor whistled a tune, a familiar, if somewhat distorted tune.

   2002, Josepth Roth, translated by Michael Hofmann, The Radetsky March, Folio Society, published 2015, page 221

   Synonyms: Piccadilly weepers