10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DANDIFICATION»
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dandification in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dandification and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
... I suggest that the Romany dander, to bite— dando, bitten—may solve the
problem. Whence dandered, angry, ruffled, anglicized ca 1880 but never gen.
dandification . The act or state of making look or looking like a DANDY: coll, 1825
+. Ex: ...
... bonnet, coat, shaw , cloke, and plaid itself. A vast number of young entlemen,
who have not been long in e city, or who are 'from distant parts of Great Britain,
are constantly showing how much they relish this license of eccentric
dandification.
And should Mr. Poole's plretensions in this respect be hidden ? ay, not only
hidden, but replaced by a false, and malicious, and most libellous dandification of
his outward man, to the utter dispelling of those daydreams which the partiality of
...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch,
1836
I call him ours, ma'am, for I bred him ; and I am as proud of him as you are ; and,
bating a little wilfulness, and a little selfishness, and a little dandification, I don't
know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature. His pen is wicked sometimes,
but ...
William Makepeace Thackeray,
1873
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The Rambler, a Catholic journal of home and foreign ...
... contrary to present etiquette, it is mere conventionalism and dandification to
turn up your nose at it. It is well to be a gentleman ; but if you push the thing too
far, you may become a gentleman-heretic, a fellow who would renounce the
Trinity if ...
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The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray: The history of ...
I call him ours, ma'am, for I bred him ; and I am as proud of him as you are ; and,
bating a little wilfulness, and a little selfishness, and a little dandification, I don't
know a more honest, or loyal, or gentle creature. His pen is wicked sometimes,
but ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, George Saintsbury,
1850
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My Official Autobiography
When I had reached my new apartment, I found out that all the money she had
paid me, was gone along with my all identification cards. I realized I was in an
apartment with no job, no money, no dandification, no food nor anything else.
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Perfumes: The A-Z Guide
They generally chart a surprisingly narrow route between the Charybdis of
dandification (monogrammed slippers) and the Scylla of vulgarity (Tod's driving
loafers). Near-perfect examples are Old Spice (or Baiser du Dragon if you want to
be ...
Luca Turin, Tania Sanchez,
2010
Tall talk's his jewellery ; he must have his dandification in bunkum. You ought to
know better. Property and titles are worth having, whether you are worthy of them
or a disgrace to your class. The best way of defending them is to keep a strong ...
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Poetic Revolutionaries: Intertextuality & Subversion
His room is synaesthesically pleasing, if not quite Baudelairian,60 in its
dandification: it is “musical and aromatic”. In relation to the Nordic legends which
the story converts, these elements are, as character indices, faithful to the
tradition; ...
Marion May Campbell,
2014
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DANDIFICATION»
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dandification is used in the context of the following news items.
Marks & Swagger man
I wouldn't say it's a dandification, because dandy implies someone trying too hard. It's that underlying confidence in dressing well which has ... «The Sunday Times, Jan 14»
Bret Easton Ellis: The horror of humanity
'I didn't want to be but everyone told me you had to be: the gadgets, the consumerist s***, the $200 haircut. It was about the dandification of the ... «Metro, Jul 10»